News coverage of this study just out in the New England Journal of Medicine raises a number of questions. The study is about the impact on abortion rates of parental notification legislation in Texas.
The main questions are:
What does Ted Joyce, an economist at Baruch College in New York and lead author of the NEJM study, really believe, and why did he tell reporters at the New York Times for an article that ran on Monday that parental involvement laws have "little impact"?
Are second-term abortions riskier than first-term abortions? How much riskier? Are abortion clinics in Texas providing prospective abortion clients with accurate information about the additional risks associated with later-term abortions?
