AIDing contraception: HIV and recent trends in abortion

Andrew Hussey, Alex Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy and Jay Walker ()

Applied Economics, 2014, vol. 46, issue 15, 1788-1803

Abstract: Using a difference-in-differences estimation framework and state-level data, we investigate the potential role of HIV/AIDS in contributing to declining abortion utilization in the United States. Our results suggest that the perceived risk of HIV contraction negatively affected unwanted pregnancies. Specifically, a 10% increase in HIV incidence is associated with 0.34--1.1% fewer abortions per live births, an effect that can account for at least one-tenth of the sharp decline in abortions observed from the early 1980s to mid-1990s.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2014.884700

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