Altındaǧ, Onur; Joyce, Theodore J. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
two visits to the provider. In April of 2015, Arkansas increased the waiting period for an abortion from 24 to 48 hours … analyze the immediate effect of Arkansas's 2015 mandatory waiting period (MWP) law on abortion rates. We use de …-identified, individual-level data from the Arkansas Department of Health (DOH) on all abortions performed in Arkansas from 2000 to 2020 …