The Computing Science, Sociology, and Economics Programs, the Gender Equity in Leadership Initiative, and the CDO and the Center for Civic Engagement Presents

Who Is Trapped in Post-Dobbs America?

The end of Roe sparked seismic shifts in the landscape of American abortion access, and two years later it is far from stable. Abortion bans have shuttered providers, and the resulting flows of patients across state borders have taxed a small number of facilities at the front lines. As doors closed at brick-and-mortar abortion clinics, digital windows opened. Online abortion providers have proliferated, and virtual abortion services provided by mail-order pills have surged by more than 80 percent. Professor Myers will discuss how she collects and uses data to describe these changes and analyze their effects, with a focus on quantifying how many people are "trapped" by abortion bans.

Caitlin Myers is the John G. McCullough Professor of Economics at  Middlebury College and a research associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research. Her research examines the casual effects of abortion policies and access on demographic, health, and economic outcomes.

Professor Myers’ scholarship is published in leading scholarly journals and is frequently covered in the media. She spearheaded the  economists’ amicus brief  in Dobbs  v. Jackson Women’s Health and testified in the U.S. Senate Budget Committee on the links between reproductive policy and economic policy.

Currently, she disseminates data on the changing landscape of abortion access through  abortionaccessdashboard.org  and  Open Science Framework and is working on projects measuring the effects of the Dobbs decision.

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For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].

Time: 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

Location: Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium

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