Myers’ Reproductive Policy discussion questions

Myers’ Reproductive Policy discussion questions

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Measuring the burden: The effect of travel distance on abortions and births 
  • Abstract: Is an increase in travel distance from 0 to 100 miles the range at which travel distances increase in response to heavier abortion clinic regulation or does this suggest that the travel distance, on average, increased by this amount?
  • Abstract: What increase in travel distance might be a level that courts treat as duly burdensome? And what outcomes might we expect within the changes of abortion and subsequent birth rates?  
Cooling off or burdened? The effects of mandatory waiting periods on abortions and births 
  • Abstract: What factors may contribute to the increased burden caused by two-trip waiting periods having a disproportionate effect on women of color?
Envisioning a post-Roe world 
  • Ungated version: How well do the post-Roe estimates take into account illegally performed abortions with a consideration of an imperfect mechanism to measure medical services that are less likely to be reported?
Power of the pill or power of abortion?
  • Ungated version: With only two surveys directly reporting responses about sexual behavior for cohorts born between 1935 and 1960, what changes in the estimates might we expect in a scenario where widely reported historical data on sexual behavior is available?