No real choice -- Policies, poverty, and the organization of abortion care -- Privileging the fetus -- Choosing irresponsibility and harm -- Fearing the experience of abortion -- Choosing a baby -- Toward reproductive autonomy.

IN 1964, Afghanistan appeared on the cusp of a great developmental stride towards modernity and prosperity. Strategically located between the two competing blocs of the Cold War, its leaders had managed the fine art of extracting massive amounts of aid and technical assistance from both sides....

Recent studies based on 20th century US data conclude that abortion access raises children's average socioeconomic outcomes. We generalize a model of fertility, highlighting assumptions under which these abortion predictions can be reversed. Using 19th century abortion restrictions, we...