Sensemaker: Who abortion bans hurt - Tortoise

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : "Unintended pregnancy and abortion correlate with only almost every socio-economic disparity you can think of," says David Slusky, associate professor of economics at the University of Kansas, who joined 153 other labour and market experts in signing a 73-page amicus brief for the Supreme Court last year arguing Roe should be upheld.
42% :Most American abortion patients - almost 60 per cent - are in their 20s, and the share of women and girls who live in states that are likely to ban abortion gets larger as they get younger.
42% : However, when broken down by age, it's clear that being young increases the likelihood a mother lives in one, with 60 per cent of mothers under 30 living in a state poised to ban abortion in the coming months.
41% : In fact, across all groups, being a mother and being a young mother are both factors that correlate with living in states likely to ban abortion.
38% : If Roe v Wade is overturned, abortion will likely be restricted in 26 US states by summer.
38% : Yesterday, Senate Democrats' attempt to pass a bill that would protect the right to abortion at the federal level was thwarted as expected, voted down even by pro-choice Republicans.
35% : One of the rallying cries for repealing the 8th amendment that banned abortion in Ireland was the death of Savita Halappanavar.

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