control trial (RCT) to examine how cost-sharing at Title X providers affects the choice of contraceptive method. The study … randomizes vouchers that cover any contraceptive method up to the cost of 50% or 100% of a name-brand intra-uterine device (IUD …

that no longer had an abortion provider within 50 miles. Births increased 1% and contraceptive purchases rose 8% in … services and increased restrictions on abortion clinic operations. Together this legislation creates cross-county variation in … access to abortion and family planning services, which we leverage to understand the impact of family planning and abortion …

I specify a dynamic life-cycle model of abortion, contraceptive use, schooling, and labor supply decisions of US women … simulate a series of policies and find that eliminating access to abortion services increases contraceptive use but decreases …. I structurally estimate the model, allowing for abortion misreporting, using data from the NLSY97, aggregate abortion …

Targeted regulations of abortion providers (TRAP laws) are the fastest growing abortion restriction in the U.S. These … often result in clinic closures, limiting abortion access. We study how women's exposure to these laws in adolescence … affects their fertility and educational attainment. For this study, we codify the legal history of all TRAP laws ever …

performed by Mexico City's public abortion program and analyze effects on desired fertility. Using difference … fertility and present evidence of an increase in unwanted pregnancies …

$4.3 million per year. These results suggest that giving lower-income women the means to control their fertility has the …

deaths due to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. This suggests that expanding contraceptive access could help close the infant …