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Kitchen Table Kibitzing 1/22/25: More Rights We No Longer Have [1]
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Date: 2025-01-22
Today brings another bitter anniversary that we should be celebrating. 52 years ago today.
What happened because of it?
Roe v. Wade caused a 4.5% decline in births in states that had not previously legalized abortion.[391] According to a 2019 study, if Roe v. Wade is reversed and some states prohibit abortion on demand, the increases in travel distance are estimated to prevent at a low estimate of over 90,000 women and at a high estimate of over 140,000 women from having abortions in the year following the ruling's overturning.[392] If Roe were to be overturned by a constitutional amendment which would apply to all the states, fertility could be expected to increase by 11% because then mothers would not travel to states where abortion is legal.[393] Although the legalization of abortion in the United States increased the labor supply of fertile-aged women in the workforce, it decreased the labor supply of older women. This is thought to be due to the fact they now had fewer opportunities to financially support grandchildren. Older women whose labors became less necessary for the family's financial wellbeing either left or stayed out of the workforce.[394] Since Roe, the risk of death due to legal abortion fell considerably due to increased physician skills, improved medical technology, and earlier termination of pregnancy.[395] Various studies have shown that overturning Roe could have adverse socio-economic conditions, higher maternal mortality,[396] and other negative impacts.[392][397][398]
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