Associate Professor Bilge Erten’s research on the link between abortion restrictions and intimate partner violence was recently featured in a Time article, “Abortion Bans Worsen Violence in Relationships, Study Finds.” The study, co-authored with Dhaval Dave, Christine Durrance, Yang Wang & Barbara L. Wolfe was published by the National Bureau of Economic Research and finds that counties where people had to travel farther for abortion care experienced a 7–10% increase in intimate partner violence—an estimated 9,000 additional incidents in 2023 alone.
Read the full article in Time: Abortion Bans Worsen Violence in Relationships, Study Finds
Link to paper: https://nber.org/papers/w33916
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Also featured in:
- Florida Public Radio: Study shows abortion bans lead to higher rates of relationship violence
- Northeastern Global News: https://news.northeastern.edu/2025/06/30/abortion-bans-relationship-violence-new-research/
- Newsweek: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/abortion-bans-caused-increase-in-intimate-partner-violence-new-study/ar-AA1HPUZi?ocid=BingNewsSerp
