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• Las consecuencias económicas para EE.UU. tras el fallo de anular Roe v. Wade

  “Esta decisión causará un dolor económico inmediato en 26 estados donde es más probable que se prohíba el aborto y donde las personas ya enfrentan salarios más bajos, menos poder de los trabajadores y acceso limitado a la atención médica”, dijo Heidi Shierholz, presidenta del Instituto de Política Económica, en un comunicado.

  La Opinion | June 27, 2022
• The decision to overturn Roe could have economic ramifications.

  “Abortion rights are economic rights, and this decision means the loss of economic security, independence, and mobility for abortion seekers,” Heidi Shierholz, president of the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, said in a statement on Friday.

  New York Times | June 27, 2022
• Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade: An estimated 40 million women will now lose access to abortion

  Others say abortion access is an “economic right” for women. “Access to abortion and abortion services can have powerful impacts on abortion patients’ economic outcomes, including what kinds of jobs they can and cannot take, educational attainment, chances of being in poverty and financial distress, and so much more,” said Economic Policy Institute, a progressive think tank. 

  MarketWatch | June 27, 2022
• ‘Women lacking financial resources will suffer’: Dissenting Supreme Court justices paint bleak picture for low-income women seeking abortions in post-Roe America

  “Abortion rights are economic rights, and this decision means the loss of economic security, independence, and mobility for abortion seekers. Low- and middle-income people, especially Black and Brown women, will bear the brunt of the impact,” Heidi Shierholz, the president of the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank, said Friday.

  MarketWatch | June 27, 2022
• The economic consequences of overturning Roe v. Wade will be enormous, experts warn

  “This decision will cause immediate economic pain in 26 states where abortion bans are most likely and where people already face lower wages, less worker power, and limited access to health care,” said Heidi Shierholz, president of the Economic Policy Institute, in a statement released Friday. “The fall of Roe will be an additional economic barricade.”

  CNN Business | June 27, 2022
• Roe v Wade ruling disproportionately hurts Black women, experts say

  “Abortion rights are economic rights,” said Heidi Shierholz, president of the Economic Policy Institute. “This decision means the loss of economic security, independence, and mobility for abortion seekers,” she said, which will impact women of color the most.

  Reuters | June 27, 2022
• Fall of Roe will have immediate economic ramifications, experts say

  “This decision will cause immediate economic pain in 26 states where abortion bans are most likely and where people already face lower wages, less worker power and limited access to health care. The fall of Roe will be an additional economic barricade,” Heidi Shierholz, president of the Economic Policy Institute, said in a statement.

  • “Abortion rights are economic rights, and this decision means the loss of economic security, independence, and mobility for abortion seekers. Low- and middle-income people, especially Black and Brown women, will bear the brunt of the impact.”
  Axios | June 27, 2022

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