Arizona’s existing abortion limit costs the state up to $3.4 billion a year: report

Arizona’s 15-week abortion ban is projected to cost the state billions every year, with women forced out of the labor market as a result of inadequate reproductive health care, a new report says.

An analysis from the Grand Canyon Institute, a non-partisan think tank, warns that the economic hit to Arizona could be as high as $3.4 billion annually. The report, which relies on a July study from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, notes that current restrictions around abortion access will lead to steep workforce losses.