Reproductive Justice and Health Equity
To support women’s health and reproductive freedom, we focus on understanding the economic impacts of health access restrictions, our national maternal health crisis, and the racial disparities blocking health care access for people of color.
STATES THAT BAN ABORTION COST THE US ECONOMY $61 BILLION ANNUALLY
We all know reproductive rights—including accessible abortion care—are essential to women’s full participation in society. Less talked about is the impact these draconian laws have on the health of the national economy, where women are half of the workforce. IWPR’s analysis measures the staggering costs [...]
New IWPR Analysis Reveals Economic Harm of State Abortion Bans and Impact on Women’s Workforce Participation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 30, 2024 Contact: William Lutz 202-785-5100 New IWPR Analysis Reveals Economic Harm of State Abortion Bans Severe Restrictions Harm State Economies and Women’s Workforce Participation Washington, DC—The Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) today released a new analysis detailing the [...]
Abortion Bans Hurt State Economies
States that restrict abortion tend to have lower GDP per capita. Economists use gross domestic product (GDP) per capita to measure the size of state economies, with a real national average of $67,000 in 2023. This approach adjusts for the number of people in [...]
The Economic and Workforce Impact of Restrictive Abortion Laws
This report examines the far-reaching economic effects of the 2022 Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, which overturned Roe v. Wade and gave states the authority to ban abortion. By 2023, nearly half of the 49.5 million prime working-age women in [...]
