What’s the Matter with Kansas and Missouri?: Institutions, Culture, and Divergent Paths of U.S. State-Level Abortion Policy

• In Event: State Parties, Public Opinion, and Representation

Brief Overview

This study compares 40 years of legislative, judicial, and activist data to explain why Kansas and Missouri diverged in abortion policy, revealing uneven patterns of Republican-led democratic backsliding across U.S. states.

Author

• Khoa Phan-Howard, Northwestern University