Economics of Abortion: Discussion highlights
Channel: Economic Policy Institute
Date: 2022-07-12

Highlights from the "Economics of Abortion" webinar, hosted by Economic Policy Institute and Washington Center for Equitable Growth.

Watch the full webinar here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kyYEyq4vG4

Abortion rights are deeply intertwined with economic security, independence, and mobility for millions of women and other abortion patients, even though these rights are often framed as just a “culture war” issue.

Access to abortion and abortion services can have powerful impacts on abortion patients’ economic outcomes, including what kinds of jobs they can and cannot take, educational attainment, chances of being in poverty and financial distress, and so much more.

The Economic Policy Institute co-hosted a discussion with the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, on this topic, where economists, academics and advocates, laid out details on these economic outcomes, and who will feel the greatest impact, and policy actions needed at this pivotal moment in history when Roe v. Wade hangs in the balance.

Featuring:

Asha Banerjee, Economic Analyst,  Economic Policy Institute

Kate Bahn, Director of Labor Market Policy and Chief Economist, Washington Center for Equitable Growth

Kwajelyn Jackson, Executive Director, Feminist Women’s Health Center

Mayra Pineda Torres, Assistant Professor in School of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology

Emma Roth, Staff Attorney, National Advocates for Pregnant Women

From the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, DC.
https://www.epi.org