Cintina, Inna; Johansen, Morgen S. - University of Hawai'i Economic Research Organization … - 2014
An increase in the availability of emergency contraception (EC) may lead to a decrease in the abortion rate. The 2006 …-in-difference methodology on the age-by-year-by-state abortion data to test this hypothesis. Contrary to the literature, we find a moderate … reduction in abortion rates among women aged 18 and 19 after 2006 in states that were affected by the change, compared to …