Miller Jessica, Chi Guangqing
Department of Agriculture Economics, Sociology, and Education, Population Research Institute, and Social Science Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA USA.
Popul Res Policy Rev. 2025;44(3):29. doi: 10.1007/s11113-025-09948-0. Epub 2025 May 5.
Restrictive abortion policies have generated reductions in abortion access, increased travel distance to abortion clinics as a result of clinic closures, and produced declines in maternal health outcomes. This study explores the effects of Texas Senate Bill 8 (SB8), the most restrictive bill prior to the overturning of , on abortion access in Texas. We used a difference-in-differences approach to explore the heterogeneous effects of SB8 on abortion access for communities of varying socioeconomic statuses and travel distances using 16 months of SafeGraph Inc. mobile phone pattern data for 21 Texas and four Oklahoma abortion clinics between January 1, 2021, and April 30, 2022. Implementation of SB8 was associated with 34% fewer abortion clinic visits in Texas than in Oklahoma. The effects of SB8 on access to abortion care across state borders had a disproportionately greater impact on women in low-income communities. This study provides further evidence of the discriminatory impacts of SB8 in Texas.
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11113-025-09948-0.
限制性堕胎政策导致堕胎机会减少，诊所关闭使得前往堕胎诊所的路程增加，孕产妇健康结果下降。本研究探讨了德克萨斯州参议院第8号法案（SB8），即在 被推翻之前最具限制性的法案，对德克萨斯州堕胎机会的影响。我们采用了差分法，利用SafeGraph公司2021年1月1日至2022年4月30日期间16个月的手机模式数据，探讨SB8对不同社会经济地位和出行距离社区堕胎机会的异质性影响，这些数据涉及21家德克萨斯州和4家俄克拉荷马州的堕胎诊所。SB8的实施使得德克萨斯州堕胎诊所的就诊人数比俄克拉荷马州少34%。SB8对跨州堕胎护理机会的影响对低收入社区的女性产生了 disproportionately 更大的影响。本研究为SB8在德克萨斯州的歧视性影响提供了进一步证据。
在线版本包含可在10.1007/s11113-025-09948-0获取的补充材料。 （注：“disproportionately”原词拼写有误，这里按正确理解翻译为“不成比例地”）
