When a woman wants an abortion but can't get it, the children she already has suffer the consequences

October 30, 2018
by Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times

When women are denied abortions, it doesn't just affect their lives, it also affects the lives of the kids they already have, according to a study published Tuesday in the Journal of Pediatrics.

The new work finds that the young children of women who are refused access to an abortion are less likely to hit development milestones on time, and more likely to live in poverty, than the children of women who sought an abortion and got one.

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