Women turned away from abortion clinics because they were too far along in pregnancy faced a 78% increase in past-due debts in the following five years, as well as “an 81% increase in public records related to bankruptcies, evictions, and court judgments.'
Parker Dockray has heard the budget trade-offs before: Does the cash go toward groceries, bills or rent? Or does it pay for an abortion?
The nonprofit also has Indiana’s only statewide abortion fund, with an annual budget of around $100,000. In the requests it can fill, Dockray said, the fund pays $270 on average. Out-of-pocket costs for the procedure alone can cost between $500 and $900 for those not traveling outside of Indiana, which has several restrictions on abortion in effect.
But salaried jobs may not be the reality for many women who are considering an abortion. Almost half of abortion patients were living below the poverty line in 2014 and another quarter were at or just a bit above it, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a think tank that supports abortion access. “‘Our research provides strong evidence that these types of restrictions will have long-run negative effects on women’s financial and economic well-being.’”
See also: Opinion: If the Supreme Court’s plan to reverse Roe is pro-child, where’s the help to ease child-care costs? There were nearly 630,000 legal induced abortions in 2019, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That comes to 11.4 abortions per 1,000 women ages 15 to 44, and a ratio of 195 abortions per 1,000 live births, the agency said. The number of abortions decreased 18% from 2010, while the rate and ratio decreased 21% and 13% respectively, the data showed. Experts say the decline in abortions in recent years seems to be related to a decrease in pregnancies and births.
Meanwhile, a separate amicus brief urging the landmark ruling’s reversal listed various laws predating Roe that pushed women’s economic power and protections to new heights, including the 1963 Equal Pay Act, the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the 1968 Fair Housing Act and the 1972 Equal Employment Act.
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