By Carrie N. Baker The Center on the Economics of Reproductive Health (CERH) at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) last week released ground-breaking research showing just how costly abortion restrictions are to women, businesses and the economy. The bottom line is that state-level abortion restrictions cost the U.S. economy [...]
By Roz Brown AUSTIN, Texas - Access to birth control has been responsible for one third of women's wage gains since the 1960s, and restrictions on reproductive health could reverse those gains, according to the Institute for Women's Policy Research. The group has launched a [...]
By The IBEW Media Center “If someone doesn’t know what they want to do in life, they should join the IBEW or any other apprenticeship,” said New Orleans Local 130 apprentice Grace Kluesner in a webinar that accompanied the release of a report on women [...]
By Sandra J. Doran Nearly a quarter (22%) of today's undergraduates or 3.8 million students are parents, with student mothers making up 70% of that number. At Bay Path, approximately 20 percent of our undergraduate students are single mothers; a conservative estimate based on self-reported [...]
The Institute for Women’s Policy Research has released new research showing that policies restricting access to comprehensive reproductive health care are costly to women and states’ economies. Nevertheless, more than 500 bills restricting or banning abortion have been introduced across 46 states so far this [...]
By Andrea Sears NEW YORK -- An online tool from the Institute for Women's Policy Research makes the case that ending reproductive health restrictions is good for women and good for business. More than 500 bills restricting or banning abortion have been introduced across 46 [...]
