Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion Access in the United States
Table 2
Regression coefficients of abortion cost variables.
Abortion cost variables
Dependent Variable
Unintended pregnancy rate (1)
Unintended pregnancy ratio (2)
Unwanted pregnancy rate (3)
Unwanted pregnancy ratio (4)
No Medicaid funding
.0385 (.63)
.0478 (1.27)
.0888 (1.11)
.0281 (.47)
Parental involvement laws
−.1697 (3.07)**
−.1059 (3.13) **
−.1698 (2.39) *
−.0820 (2.52) *
Mandatory counseling laws
−.0256 (.49)
−.0165 (.51)
.0161 (.23)
.0791 (1.45)
Two-visit laws
−.0741 (1.13)
−.0613 (1.53)
−.0841 (.99)
−.0344 (.54)
Antiabortion attitudes
.0031 (1.46)
.0033 (1.55)
−.0001 (1.06)
.0011 (.50)
.79
.76
.69
.67
Note: Absolute value of t-statistics in parentheses (**, *). Each column represents the coefficient from a generalized least squares regression model and the other independent variables are Labor Force Participation, percent of Single, percent of College, percent of Evangelical Christian, percent of Catholic, TANF, percent of Poverty, NARAL and border state parental involvement and mandatory counseling laws as described in the text.
