Population Growth | Econofact

Could Expanding Access to Contraception Improve Economic Outcomes?

By Andrea M. Kelly, Jason Lindo and Analisa Packham·August 20, 2019
Texas A&M University and Vanderbilt University

The Issue:

Policies that gave women greater ability to control childbearing during the 1960s and 1970s have been linked to increased educational attainment, higher wages and greater labor force participation for women. This, in turn, improved their lifelong earnings and the living conditions of their children.

The Impact of Roe v. Wade on American Fertility

By Phillip Levine·July 11, 2018
Wellesley College

The Issue:

President Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to replace Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court raises legitimate questions about the future of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion in the United States. If a reversal of Roe v. Wade were to occur, it would return the legal status of ...
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Unintended Consequences of an International Abortion Policy

By Stephen A. O Connell·February 15, 2017
Swarthmore College

The Issue:

Each year more than 280,000 women die from pregnancy- and childbirth-related complications. Ninety-nine percent of these deaths occur in developing countries, where childbearing is the leading cause of mortality among women of reproductive age. In these countries early and frequent pregnancies undermine ...
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