Jacobson, Mireille; Royer, Heather - 2010
NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health by email. Between 1973 and 2003, abortion providers in the United States were the targets … of over 300 acts of extreme violence. Using unique data on attacks and on abortions, abortion providers, and births, we … examine how anti-abortion violence has affected providers' decisions to perform abortions and women's decisions about whether …