States with the toughest abortion laws have the weakest maternal supports, data shows
By Rachel Treisman
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That’s no coincidence, says Elizabeth Lower-Basch, the director of the income and work supports team at the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP). She tells NPR that while many of these states are reluctant to raise taxes or spend more money on social programs (which she says in itself is a legacy of institutional racism), they support banning abortion because – at least until the Dobbs ruling – it was largely symbolic, free of costs as well as consequences.
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Source URL: https://www.npr.org/2022/08/18/1111344810/abortion-ban-states-social-safety-net-health-outcomes
