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Economics, Health, Politics & Government, Race & Gender

The Affordable Care Act and cost of contraception

by Kathryn M. Barker | October 3, 2015

2015 study from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School that explores how the federal Affordable Care Act has affected out-of-pocket costs for various methods of birth control.

Expert Commentary

Birth control pills
Health, Race & Gender

The effects of contraception on female poverty

by Joanna Penn | July 1, 2014

2014 study in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management explores whether having legal access to contraception can improve the prospects of lower-income women.

Expert Commentary

Economics, Education, Health, Race & Gender

Long-term educational and economic impacts of increasing access to contraceptives

by Anna Stansbury | October 16, 2013

2013 working paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research on the relationship between family planning access and long-term economic outcomes.

Expert Commentary

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Health, Race & Gender

The Affordable Care Act, contraceptives, abortion and unintended-pregnancy rates

by Alexandra Raphel | September 24, 2013

2013 research on contraception policies and pregnancy rates, including a 2012 study from Washington University in St. Louis on the relationship between free access to birth control and abortion rates.

Expert Commentary

Economics, Health, Race & Gender

Unintended pregnancy and taxpayer spending

by Alexandra Raphel | April 1, 2013

2011 study in Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health calculating that unintended pregnancies cost taxpayers as much as $12.6 billion a year.

Expert Commentary

Pregnancy test (nih.gov)
Health, Politics & Government, Race & Gender

U.S. rates of unintended pregnancy at the state level

by Leighton Walter Kille | March 15, 2013

2011 study in Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health on the rates of unintended pregnancies for all 50 U.S. states.

Expert Commentary

Pregnant woman standing in field (iStock)
Environment, Health, Race & Gender

Chemical exposures to lead, mercury and PCBs among childbearing-aged women

by Leighton Walter Kille | December 5, 2012

2012 study from Brown University and the University of Rhode Island on the body burden and risk factors for U.S. women of child-bearing age.

Expert Commentary

Stressed woman (iStock)
Economics, Health, Race & Gender

The effects of job strain and insecurity on women’s cardiovascular health

by Rozanne Larsen | October 15, 2012

2012 study from Harvard and Yale in PLoS One on the increase in stress-related cardiovascular problems related to women’s workplace environment.

Expert Commentary

Birth control pills (iStock)
Health, Race & Gender

Effectiveness of long-acting reversible contraception

by Rozanne Larsen | August 2, 2012

2012 study published in The New England Journal of Medicine on a range of long-lasting contraceptive options and their failure rates.

Expert Commentary

Health, Race & Gender

Why is the teen birth rate in the U.S. so high and why does it matter?

by Rozanne Larsen | April 18, 2012

2012 paper from the University of Maryland and Wellesley College on underlying factors that explain America’s relatively higher rates of teen childbearing.

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