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Abortion Restrictions Cost Women, Businesses, and States $105 Billion Each Year

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 [...]

Study: Reproductive Restrictions Damage Working Women, State Economies

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 [...]

From Tourism to Tool Belts: Post-COVID Opportunities for Women in New Orleans

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 [...]

Relaxing Restrictions on Women’s Reproductive Rights is Positive for Economy, Study Shows

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 [...]

Report Highlights Economic Impact of Reproductive Rights

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 [...]

Exclusive: Pandemic Could Cost Typical American Woman Nearly $600,000 in Lifetime Income

By Emily Peck New signs of the nation's expanding recovery from the pandemic crop up every day, but for millions of women in the U.S. the economic punch of COVID may never be over. Long after the face masks have been tucked away and the [...]

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