NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES REGULATING ABORTION: IMPACT ON PATIENTS AND PROVIDERS IN TEXAS Silvie Colman Theodore J. Joyce Working Paper 15825 http://www.nber.org/papers/w15825 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 March 2010 The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research. NBER working papers are circulated for discussion and comment purposes. They have not been peer- reviewed or been subject to the review by the NBER Board of Directors that accompanies official NBER publications. © 2010 by Silvie Colman and Theodore J. Joyce. All rights reserved. Short sections of text, not to exceed two paragraphs, may be quoted without explicit permission provided that full credit, including © notice, is given to the source.