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Assessing Abortion The Impact of Legalized Abortion on the Welfare of American Women

by Katherine N. Fisher Abstract  By examining data on educational attainment, workforce participation, and marriage market bargaining power, this paper assesses the impact of legalized abortion on women’s welfare. Access to abortion is found to increase education levels and employment rates. However, such access may also increase rates of sexually transmitted disease and disadvantage women […]

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