Worries about falling further into poverty are widely shared among women seeking abortions. And a large body of research proves them right:
Abortion-rights advocates demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court last December as it heard a case that could strike down the constitutional right to abortion. Economists say decades of research show that doing so would limit women's economic prospects.
Mostiller worried about finding another job while pregnant and then being able to take time off to care for a newborn. But mostly, she knew how expensive it was to have a baby, and she didn't want to sacrifice the well-being of her two children by having a third she simply could not afford. "I defaulted on student loans that I was navigating," she says. She'd been studying to be a paralegal but had left without a degree. Within about a year, she also defaulted on credit card payments, which eventually led to her meager checks being garnished. At one point, she juggled three jobs — one of them full time — trying to make it all work."It was certainly rough."
"This population of women ... lacks access to paid parental leave, lacks access to affordable child care," she says. And even many who can get child care face challenges scheduling it because"a lot of these women work in what's called shift work, with very irregular schedules."Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., speaks as Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies before a Senate committee hearing May 10.
"As a guy raised by a Black woman in abject poverty," he said,"I'm thankful to be here, as United States senator."
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