Medical Xpress January 10, 2025
States with strict abortion bans are losing residents, particularly younger people, which could have long-term economic implications.
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, a recent analysis published by the National Bureau of Economic Research shows that the 13 states with total abortion bans collectively lost roughly 36,000 residents per quarter.
That is the net difference between people leaving versus those moving into these states, a news release from CBS News shows.
The analysis used U.S. Postal Service change-of-address data and found that single-person households were most likely to move, suggesting younger individuals are, in fact, leaving abortion-ban states.
Families may face more challenges when moving, such as changing schools or uprooting their...
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