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Contraception, Fertility, and Health in Changing Policy Landscapes

Friday, November 14, 1:45 to 3:15pm, Property: Grand Hyatt Seattle, Floor: 1st Floor/Lobby Level, Room: Discovery A

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Abstract

This panel explores the effects of reproductive health policies on health, fertility, and contraceptive behavior. The first paper in the panel examines how exposure to birth control clinics in early life impacts later-life male mortality, finding that children born after the establishment of these clinics had a longer life expectancy. The second paper considers how restrictive abortion laws following the Dobbs decision have influenced contraception use among commercially insured women. The third paper studies how Colombia’s price regulation of birth control pills altered fertility rates and finds no impact of price regulation on fertility. The fourth paper examines how the Dobbs decision impacted advertising for over-the-counter products like pregnancy tests and emergency contraceptives. Together, these studies highlight the ways in which reproductive policy shapes health and behavior and provide timely research given the current political and legal landscape surrounding reproductive health. 

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