Liberty and the Politics of Balance: The Undue Burden Test after Casey/Hellerstedt

Digital Multisided Platforms and Women's Health: An Empirical Analysis of Peer-to-Peer Lending

“…Casey (1992), the Supreme Court has held that the State cannot place an undue burden on the mother when making her decision. And while the legal definition of "undue burden" has evolved significantly since Casey (Ziegler, 2017), it is evident that an absence of freely available capital does place the procedure out of reach for some women. Hence, for opponents of liberalizing reproductive rights, our work provides corroborative evidence of the effectiveness of their approach in limiting the availability of the procedure.…”

“…The calculus underlying such a decision is clearly complex, and received research identifies several important factors that affect both how a woman may choose (and how aggregate policies can influence those decisions across regulatory domains (Harper, Henderson, & Darney, 2005)). These range from individual-level factors like socio-economic status, religious norms, privacy and security, and the presence of family and support systems, to macroeconomic characteristics, such as the availability of clinics providing such services, regulatory burden on physicians and nurses, and which services are offered , 2017Jones & Zolna, 2008).…”