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Legal barriers to second-trimester abortion provision and public health consequences

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  • Jones, B.S.
  • Weitz, T.A.

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Many women need access to abortion care in the second trimester. Most of this care is provided by a small number of specialty clinics, which are increasingly targeted by regulations including bans on so-called partial birth abortion and requirements that the clinic qualify as an ambulatory surgical center. These regulations cause physicians to change their clinical practices or reduce the maximum gestational age at which they perform abortions to avoid legal risks. Ambulatory surgical center requirements significantly increase abortion costs and reduce the availability of abortion services despite the lack of any evidence that using those facilities positively affects health outcomes. Both types of laws threaten to further reduce access to and quality of second-trimester abortion care.

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  • Jones, B.S. & Weitz, T.A., 2009. "Legal barriers to second-trimester abortion provision and public health consequences," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 99(4), pages 623-630.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2007.127530_7
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.127530
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    1. Samantha R Lattof & Ernestina Coast & Yana van der Meulen Rodgers & Brittany Moore & Cheri Poss, 2020. "The mesoeconomics of abortion: A scoping review and analysis of the economic effects of abortion on health systems," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(11), pages 1-25, November.
    2. Marshall H. Medoff, 2021. "Factors Affecting the Availability of Abortion Providers," The American Economist, Sage Publications, vol. 66(2), pages 190-201, October.
    3. Ernestina Coast & Samantha R Lattof & Yana van der Meulen Rodgers & Brittany Moore & Cheri Poss, 2021. "The microeconomics of abortion: A scoping review and analysis of the economic consequences for abortion care-seekers," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(6), pages 1-21, June.

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