PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Muratori, Caterina
TI  - Is TRAP a Trap?
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.0123-12735R4
DP  - 2025 Apr 14
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 0123-12735R4
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2025/03/26/jhr.0123-12735R4.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2025/03/26/jhr.0123-12735R4.full
AB  - I evaluate the impact of abortion clinic closures on violence against women of reproductive age. Using a difference-in-differences approach and data from the National Incident-Based Reporting System, I find that increasing the distance to abortion clinics had sizable and nonlinear effects on violence against women. A 25-mile increase in the distance to the nearest clinic increases the number of reported violent offenses against women by up to 1.9 percent; the effect decreases as the initial distance from a clinic rises. The largest effects occur among Hispanic and Black women. The evidence also suggests that violence against children increases after clinic closures.