Posted on 09/14/2019 1:55:35 PM PDT by Morgana
Laws that require abortion seekers to wait a period of time between counseling and the procedure can drive up the share of women of having riskier second-trimester abortions, suggests a new study distributed by the National Bureau of Economic Research. What’s more, their abortion costs are likely to go up.
Researchers from Texas A&M University analyzed the impacts of Tennessee’s mandatory waiting period (MWP), which was enacted in 2015 and requires that a minimum of 48 hours elapse between in-person counseling and a woman’s abortion.
The policy increased the share of Tennessee women getting second-trimester abortions in 2016 by 4.1 percentage points, they found — a 62% increase from 2014. The number of abortions fell overall by 6%, though the authors cautioned that estimate had “limited statistical power.”
The waiting period also carried an added financial cost of up to $929, the study authors estimated. “In total, the mandatory waiting period could increase the monetary cost of obtaining an abortion by a total of over $900 when accounting for fees, transportation costs, lost wages, and child-care,” they wrote.
The Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive-health think tank that supports abortion rights, points out that “first-trimester abortions are much less expensive than second-trimester procedures, often by several hundred dollars.”
Study co-author Jason Lindo, an economics professor at Texas A&M and research associate at NBER, has served as “an expert witness in litigation regarding abortion regulations, including litigation regarding the regulation examined in this study,” the paper discloses.
The anti-abortion advocacy group National Right to Life says that many single mothers “find free help and support from local pregnancy care centers.” The group also suggests giving the baby up for adoption as an alternative for people who can’t afford to care for a baby.
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Nobody seemed to worry about that for handguns.
Yeh....Gett’m while their young. Their parts are probably more valuable.
ALL MURDER should be expensive.
JAIL all women who seek to have a "doctor" slaughter their offspring.
Mandatory waiting periods for death row inmates can make executions nearly $1,000,000 more expensive.
They want to make YOU pay for it.
The waiting period also carried an added financial cost of up to $929
= = =
So, just how long does it take to ‘install’ a condom?
Is that worth $929?
“Waiting period”, or “I can’t wait, period.”
Mandatory waiting periods required.
Background checks required.
Federal license required.
Besides mandatory waiting periods perhaps they need background checks too. :-)
An unmitigated pack of lies. Texas A&M alumni should be outraged that their alma mater has been disgraced.
“If abortions are so good for women why aren’t they free?” —Carol Everett
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Perfect - if there was no profit motive there would be far fewer abortions.
If it was illegal to profit financially from abortion the abortionists would lose interest.
Women who murder their babies are truly horrible humans.
JoMa
Boo hoo......
It’s going to cost more to kill your baby now.
What a hardship.
To be honest, my pun didn't seem as funny after I typed it and realized how sick the baby body parts industry is.
If People buying a gun have to go through a waiting period to get a weapon to protect themselves from violent activities.Woman should be required to have the same waiting period before they decide to kill their baby.
We used to have a mandatory waiting period for sex.
It was called marriage.
ROFLOLOLOLOL!
Normally, I really hate profanity from children, but in this instance, I’ll make an exception.
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