McFarlane D R, Meier K J
School of Public Administration, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 87131-1216.
Women Health. 1994;22(1):99-115. doi: 10.1300/J013v22n01_06.
The American states have broad discretion in developing their respective abortion policies. This paper examines the determinants of 1990 state policies toward funding abortion for low income women and analyzes differences in the outputs of these state policies. Our findings show that the strength of advocacy groups as well as the political forces within a state determine the type of abortion funding policy. Once the policy is established, the number of publicly funded abortions is determined by the type of state policy adopted as well as the demand for these services. The results of this analysis should be informative for the future of abortion politics in the American states.
美国各州在制定各自的堕胎政策方面有广泛的自由裁量权。本文研究了1990年各州为低收入妇女提供堕胎资金政策的决定因素，并分析了这些州政策产出的差异。我们的研究结果表明，倡导团体的力量以及一个州内的政治力量决定了堕胎资金政策的类型。一旦政策确立，公共资金支持的堕胎数量由所采用的州政策类型以及对这些服务的需求决定。这一分析结果应能为美国各州堕胎政治的未来提供参考。
