An indirect test for whether restricting Medicaid funding for abortion increases pregnancy-avoidance behavior

Economics Letters

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-163

  Sen, Bisakha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Medicaid restrictions; STD

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142056093     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1765(03)00165-4     Document Type: Article

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