Why reason-based abortion bans are not a remedy against eugenics: an empirical study.

Authors:
Suter SM.

Journal:
J Law Biosci

Publication Year: 2023

DOI:
10.1093/jlb/lsac033

PMCID:
PMC9885976

PMID:
36726964

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Full Title: J Law Biosci

Abbreviation: J Law Biosci

Country: Unknown

Publisher: Unknown

Language: N/A

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Subject Category: Medical Ethics

Available in Europe PMC: Yes

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"11: The Court did grant certiorari regarding provisions of the law that controlled the disposition of fetal remains and reversed the Seventh Circuit’s invalidation of that portion of the law. 139 S. Ct. at 1789. 18: Sital Kalantry, Sex-Selective Abortion Bans: Anti-Immigrant or Anti-Abortion?, Georgetown J. Int’l Affairs 140, Winter/Spr. 2015. 56: Id. at 1789 (stating one can find support for abortion ‘throughout the literature on eugenics’); id. at 1784 (‘Many eugenicists…supported legalizing abortion, and abortion advocates…endorsed the use of abortion for eugenic reasons’.). 165: One factor associated with lower infant mortality rates is ‘increased state funding for family planning, and abortion services,…especially for low-income women of color’. In contrast, ‘restrictions on abortion services have been associated with increased infant and maternal mortality risk’. R. Pabayo et al., Laws Restricting Access to Abortion Services and Infant Mortality Risk in the United States, 17 Int’l J. Environmental Research & Pub. Health 3773 (2020), https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17113773 (last accessed Oct. 22, 2022). 205: Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Texas, and Utah. See ASRM, Do Insurance Plans Cover Infertility Treatment?https://www.reproductivefacts.org/faqs/frequently-asked-questions-about-infertility/q08-do-insurance-plans-cover-infertility-treatment/ (last accessed July 25, 2022). Medicaid coverage of infertility treatment is even more scarce. ‘As of 2020, studies show that only one State, New York, had policies requiring Medicaid to pay for fertility treatment.’ Timothy Silvia, Does Medicaid Cover IVF? - Overview, Grants For Medicalhttps://www.grantsformedical.com/does-medicaid-cover-ivf.html (last accessed Oct. 22, 2022). 256: The Immigration Act of 1924 established quotas for immigrants of certain countries and completely excluded immigrants from Asia. See text accompanying notes 143–145 and note 143; see also Suter, Brave New World, supra note 1, at 907. 257: Data were collected from https://ballotpedia.org/Immigration_Policy sites tracking immigration policy including Medicaid, https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/enrollment-strategies/medicaid-and-chip-coverage-lawfully-residing-children-pregnant-women (last accessed Oct. 23, 2022); NCSL, States Offering Driver’s Licenses to Immigrantshttps://www.ncsl.org/research/immigration/states-offering-driver-s-licenses-to-immigrants.aspx (last accessed Oct. 23, 2022); NCSL, Tuition Benefits for Immigrants, https://www.ncsl.org/research/immigration/tuition-benefits-for-immigrants.aspx#:~:text=This%20law%20prohibits%20denial%20of,people%2C%20regardless%20of%20immigration%20status (last accessed Oct. 23, 2022); and E-Verify, https://www.e-verify.gov/about-e-verify/history-and-milestones#y2021 (last accessed Oct. 23, 2022)."

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