2) This issue affects all women seeking abortion care, but it affects low-income women disproportionately. Some of the state laws restricting abortion access, for example, …show more content…
Health care providers who perform abortions are also important stakeholders. The number of abortion providers and locations where abortion care is available has been steadily decreasing in the U.S., and fewer clinicians are willing or able to provide abortion care due to state restrictions on scope of practice (allowing only doctors to perform abortions rather than advanced-practice clinicians such as NPs). The larger community is also an important stakeholder. More children for women (and men) can create higher unemployment, and a greater reliance on public assistance. Pro- and anti-choice groups are ideological …show more content…
This would allow for greater physical access to abortion, more providers who provide abortion care, and potentially decrease instances of violence and harassment toward women and providers because the facilities would not be stand-alone women's health clinics.
7) One of the most effective ways in which to measure this recommended policy alternative would be to compare the instance of abortion providers per state pre- and post policy implementation. Additionally, if such information could be gathered, numbers of abortions performed based on race and income could be measured pre- and post policy implementation. Finally, unemployment rates and reliance on public assistance in areas historically affected by lack of abortion access could be