Board #11 - Moms in Danger: A New Model for Estimating the Effect of Abortion Access on Intimate Partner Violence

• In Event: 82-305 - Poster Session: Health Policy

Brief Overview

We propose a novel causal factor in intimate partner violence: abortion access, tested through an instrumental variable analysis of TRAP law clinic closures in Texas. Policy intervention may mitigate the effects of this relationship.

Authors

• Byron Xu, The University of Texas at Austin

• Ainsley Dorsey, The University of Texas at Austin

• Dulce Denis Alonso, The University of Texas at Austin

• Hillary Ma, The University of Texas at Austin

• Michael G. Findley, The University of Texas at Austin

• Danny Stephen Cowser