Family planning funding cuts and teen childbearing

Packham, Analisa

doi:10.1016/j.jhealeco.2017.07.002

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“…2 These two states are also geographically and culturally distinct from each other, so that using both in our analysis with the appropriate state-level controls should help to mitigate any state-specific trends. 3 In 2011, Texas enacted severe funding cuts through two legislative channels.…”

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“…For instance, a review of state records by The Texas observer found that in the year following Texas's deep family planning 2 In other states, funding cuts have been largely ineffective due to injunctions or to organizations reapplying for federal funds. (This information is based on a conversation with a representative of the organization providing our clinic locations database.)…”

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The Impact of Women's Health Clinic Closures on Preventive Care

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2016

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

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M any women rely on publicly funded family planning and women's health clinics as their only recent source of care, including preventive care (Frost, Gold, and Bucek 2012; Guttmacher Institute 2016). Some of these organizations provide abortion services in addition to family planning and other reproductive health services. Consequently, such organizations may face politically motivated funding cuts, which may also impact important non-abortion outcomes and related services.One primary cause of women's health facility closures is the loss of public funding. In the past few years, several states have attempted and in some cases succeeded in cutting public funding for women's health organizations that provide (or are affiliated with provision of) abortion services. These policies are exogenous to our outcomes of interest: women's cancer screenings and routine checkups. This is clearly stated by one of the state legislators responsible for recent funding changes in Texas,

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The Impact of Women's Health Clinic Closures on Preventive Care

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2016

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

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“…Additionally, two other papers look at more specific aspects of the Texas legislative changes. Packham (2016) studies the behavioral response of teenagers to the 2011 family planning funding cuts and Stevenson et al (2016) quantify the effect of the ineligibility of Planned Parenthood for public funding in 2013 on the dispensary of contraceptives at family planning clinics.…”

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“…Packham (2016) estimates that the 2011 Texas family planning cuts led to teenage birth rates rising by 6% but with a 3-year lag.…”

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The Impacts of Reduced Access to Abortion and Family Planning Services: Evidence from Texas

2017

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