Getting It Wrong: How The New York Times Misinterprets Abort

In a front-page article on March 6, 2006, The New York Timesattempts to make the case that parental involvement laws areineffective. However, better data, better analysis, and a morethorough reporting of the academic literature leads to the exactopposite conclusion: namely, that parental involvement laws havebeen effective at reducing the incidence of abortion among minors.

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