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000012268 037__ $$aTHESIS
000012268 037__ $$bThesis
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000012268 245__ $$aThe Geography of Abortion: Before and after <i>Dobbs</i>
000012268 260__ $$bUniversity of Chicago
000012268 269__ $$a2024-04
000012268 336__ $$aThesis
000012268 502__ $$bB.A.
000012268 520__ $$aDespite the ruling in Roe v. Wade (1973), states across the U.S. have enacted restrictive abor- tion laws that severely stunted Americans’ access to abortion services; the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health (2022) has only amplified the restrictions on abortion access. This paper extends the work of Myers (2023) and uses a novel county-level dataset of abortion counts, travel distances to the nearest abortion providers, and demographic characteristics covering pre- and preliminary post-Dobbs time periods to analyze the effect of increased travel distances to the nearest abortion providers on abortion counts using a fixed effects methodology. This paper’s analysis focuses in particular on the most vulnerable women, specifically those with low incomes, who identify as Black or Hispanic, and those with lim- ited college education. My findings reveal a differential impact of the Dobbs decision and the consequent increased travel distances in reducing abortion counts, particularly among these most vulnerable women. In light of these challenges, two policy approaches are proposed, aimed at mitigating disparities in abortion access, first through the implementation of trans- portation vouchers targeting the most vulnerable women–and second through an expansion of telemedicine services to improve access to abortion care, particularly in regions with limited healthcare infrastructure.
000012268 540__ $$a© 2024 Celine Papageorgiou
000012268 593__ $$aThis Honors thesis has been reviewed and recommended by Public Policy Studies faculty.
000012268 6531_ $$aAbortion bans
000012268 6531_ $$atravel distance
000012268 6531_ $$aDobbs decision
000012268 6531_ $$adifferential impacts
000012268 6531_ $$apolicy decisions
000012268 6531_ $$atransportation vouchers
000012268 6531_ $$atelemedicine
000012268 690__ $$aThe College
000012268 691__ $$aPublic Policy Theses and Projects
000012268 7001_ $$aPapageorgiou, Celine$$uUniversity of Chicago
000012268 72012 $$aEloisa Avila-Uribe
000012268 72014 $$aSteven Durlauf
000012268 72014 $$aAnthony Fowler
000012268 8564_ $$929695cfb-e464-4b12-91ba-f129a71d7c07$$ePublic$$s987893$$uhttps://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/12268/files/Papageorgiou%2C%20Celine%20-%20The%20Geography%20of%20Abortion%20%281%29.pdf
000012268 908__ $$aI agree
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000012268 983__ $$aThesis