Table 1. Economic and Labor Force Impacts of Abortion Restrictions, Women Ages 15–44

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Source: IWPR calculations from Guttmacher Institute’s seven-tier classification system presented in “State Policy Trends 2024: Anti-Abortion Policymakers Redouble Attacks on Bodily Autonomy” (as of December 2024); Sarah Flood, Miriam King, Renae Rodgers, Steven Ruggles, J. Robert Warren, Daniel Backman, Annie Chen, Grace Cooper, Stephanie Richards, Megan Schouweiler, and Michael Westberry (2024). Integrated Public Use Microdata Series, Current Population Survey: Version 12.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS. https://doi.org/10.18128/D030.V12.0; US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), “SAGDP1. State Annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Summary,” accessed April 8, 2025, https://apps.bea.gov/itable/?ReqID=70&step=1; and US Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): All Items in U.S. City Average, Not Seasonally Adjusted (Series ID CUUR0000SA0),” Consumer Price Index Database, data downloaded April 25, 2025, https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CUUR0000SA0?years_option=all_years.Get the dataDownload image

Notes: Economic loss estimates are based on employed women ages 15–44 working in the private sector. Labor force loss estimates are based on women ages 15-44 in the civilian labor force.