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Which States Will Restrict Abortions? Predictions from Votes in the House of Representatives
Author(s) -
Gohmann Stephan F.,
Ohsfeldt Robert L.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
review of policy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1541-1338
pISSN - 1541-132X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1994.tb00577.x
Subject(s) - abortion , legislature , legislation , supreme court , house of representatives , state (computer science) , political science , variety (cybernetics) , abortion law , law , state legislature , family planning , sociology , demography , population , research methodology , pregnancy , statistics , genetics , mathematics , algorithm , computer science , biology
In response to the Supreme Court's rulings in Webster v. Reproductive Services and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, which increased the ability of states to restrict abortions, many state legislatures have reexamined their abortion policies. Several recent studies use a variety of methods to predict whether states will restrict abortion access. These studies have utilized congressional votes on abortion legislation, past state laws restricting abortions, or current attitudes by state legislators and governors. Each method has its merits and limitations. This paper uses recent votes in the states' House of Representatives pertaining to abortion issues to predict the likelihood of significant abortion restrictions. These results are compared with rankings from other recent studies.