Abortion bans linked to people moving out of state, study says

Abortion bans seem to be driving young people to move out of state • Alabama Reflector

A new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research estimates that 13 states with near-total abortion bans appear to have lost 36,000 people per quarter. Single-person households, which typically skew younger, were more likely to move out of states with bans. (Sofia Resnick/States Newsroom) This story was originally published by The 19th. Sign up for their newsletters. Tens of thousands of young people — single people, in particular — have…

Abortion bans seem to be driving young people to move out of state

Getty Images. This story was originally published by The 19th. Tens of thousands of young people — single people, in particular — have left states with near-total abortion bans. A new paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research, a nonprofit economic research organization, estimated population changes by analyzing address-change data collected by the United States Postal Service. It found that since the 2022 fall of Roe v. Wade, the states …

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Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals.

Americans are increasingly moving to states that reflect their beliefs on abortion, gender

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Across Idaho and 12 other states that quickly enacted abortion bans over two years ago, more than 36,000 residents move away per quarter, a new study estimates.

States With Abortion Bans See Population Losses

Research shows abortion-ban states are losing residents, especially younger people, with potential economic consequences.