{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://beyer.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=5691", "States that Most Restrict Access to Abortion Have Worse Economic Conditions", "2022-10-04", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "VA", "Donald S. Beyer, Jr.", "B001292", "beyer.house.gov", "beyer", "https://beyer.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "The U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC)\u2014led by Chairman Don Beyer (D-VA)\u2014released a new analysis that finds states with the most restrictive abortion laws have worse economic conditions for families.\n\nFollowing the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to overturn nearly 50-years of precedent that guaranteed the right to safe and legal abortion, states have enacted laws to restrict access to reproductive freedom. In those states that have either completely banned or severely restricted abortion, women will be constrained from making decisions that are right for them, their families and their financial security. The ability to decide if and when to have a child is not only an issue of bodily autonomy and individual agency, it also has far-reaching economic consequences for the people directly impacted, their families and their communities.\n\nData show that the states that more severely restrict access to abortion also do not have policies to support economic resilience or positive health and educational outcomes for families.\n\nIn states with more restrictive abortion laws:\n\nWomen have lower median earnings\n\nChild poverty rates are higher\n\nHealth insurance for the neediest families is harder to access\n\nPaid family leave does not exist\n\nSpending on K-12 education is lower\n\n\u201cStripping away access to reproductive healthcare and the right to make decisions about one\u2019s own body undermines individual freedom, and as prior JEC analysis has shown, it also threatens U.S. economic growth and stability,\u201d said JEC Chairman Beyer. \u201cFrom lower earnings among women to higher child poverty rates, from less investment in early childhood education to barriers to accessing healthcare, evidence shows the states that restrict access to abortion are also failing to ensure children, women and families can thrive. Promoting community health and well-being are essential to a strong country and a strong economy. By falling short, the very foundations of our economy are undermined.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:20:33Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://beyer.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=5691"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7114331237971783, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}