合法堕胎对孕产妇死亡率的影响
The Impact of Legal Abortion on Maternal Mortality
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy · 2024 · [{"name": "Sherajum Monira Farin", "affiliation": ["Georgia State University"]}, {"name": "Lauren Hoehn‐Velasco", "affiliation": ["Georgia State University"]}, {"name": "Michael F. Pesko", "affiliation": ["Georgia State University"]}]
中文摘要
合法堕胎近期被认为是一项基本医疗保健服务。本研究考察1969—1973年堕胎合法化是否改善了以孕产妇死亡率衡量的女性健康。我们的事件研究结果表明，合法堕胎使非白人孕产妇死亡率大幅降低30%至50%，在堕胎合法化的第一年，全国范围内避免了134例非白人孕产妇死亡。我们还发现，早期的州级合法化至关重要，其影响甚至超过了罗伊诉韦德案判决本身。
Abstract
Legal abortion has recently been suggested as an essential health care service. In this study, we consider whether abortion legalization over 1969–1973 improved women’s health as measured by maternal mortality. Our event study results indicate that legal abortion substantially lowered non-White maternal mortality by 30–50 percent, with 134 non-White maternal deaths averted nationally in the first year abortion became legal. We also find that early state-level legalizations were crucial and more influential than the Roe v. Wade decision itself. (JEL I12, I18, J13, J16, K10, K38)