Open AccessResponse of low income women and abortion facilities to restriction of public funds for abortion: a study of a large metropolitan area.
Author(s) -
George Rubin,
Julian Gold,
Willard Cates
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.69.9.948
Subject(s) - abortion , metropolitan area , subsidy , public fund , business , low income , family planning , environmental health , medicine , socioeconomics , pregnancy , economics , population , research methodology , political science , public economics , law , genetics , pathology , biology
During the first five months after the restriction of public funds for abortion, a large percentage of low-income women seeking abortions in a metropolitan area in Texas obtained abortion that were partially subsizied using a combination of reduced clinic fees and public funds for ancillary non-abortion services. Their own personal funds made up the difference between the subsidy and the full cost of the procedure.