Making sense of the economics of abortion in the United States.

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Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health Pub Date : 2024-09-01 Epub Date: 2024-11-13 DOI:10.1111/psrh.12288

Tracy A Weitz

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In 2023 the editors of Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health issued a special call for papers related to the economics of abortion. Ten of those submissions are included in this volume and address critical issues including: (1) the role Medicaid continues to play in abortion access and how changes in state Medicaid coverage of abortion have expanded and restricted abortion care use; (2) how low-income individuals without insurance coverage for abortion utilize resources from abortion funds and through crowdsourcing platforms; (3) how the price of medication abortion has decreased with the availability of telemedicine medication abortion and how providers of that service are making efforts to reduce those prices even further; and (4) how legally restricting abortion access has significant economic implications for state economies and the US society as a whole. In this introduction, I review the general scope of prior research on the economics of abortion in the US as it relates to stigma-induced silences, abortion seekers, abortion providers, and abortion assistance organizations. I then highlight the new contributions made by the articles contained in this special issue.

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了解美国的堕胎经济学。

2023 年，《性与生殖健康视角》的编辑们特别征集与堕胎经济学有关的论文。本卷收录了其中十篇论文，涉及的关键问题包括(1) 医疗补助（Medicaid）在人工流产获取方面继续发挥的作用，以及州医疗补助（Medicaid）人工流产覆盖范围的变化如何扩大和限制了人工流产护理的使用；(2) 没有人工流产保险的低收入人群如何利用人工流产基金和众包平台提供的资源；(3) 药物流产的价格是如何随着远程医疗药物流产的出现而降低的，以及该服务的提供者是如何努力进一步降低这些价格的；以及 (4) 法律限制堕胎是如何对各州经济和整个美国社会产生重大经济影响的。在这篇导言中，我将回顾之前有关美国堕胎经济学研究的总体范围，因为它与污名化引起的沉默、堕胎寻求者、堕胎提供者和堕胎援助组织有关。然后，我将重点介绍本特刊所载文章做出的新贡献。

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期刊介绍： Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health provides the latest peer-reviewed, policy-relevant research and analysis on sexual and reproductive health and rights in the United States and other developed countries. For more than four decades, Perspectives has offered unique insights into how reproductive health issues relate to one another; how they are affected by policies and programs; and their implications for individuals and societies. Published four times a year, Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health includes original research, special reports and commentaries on the latest developments in the field of sexual and reproductive health, as well as staff-written summaries of recent findings in the field.