The debate over the legality and morality of abortion has been further shaped by the Supreme Court’s June 24th, 2022, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision overturning Roe v. Wade. States now set their own policies protecting, limiting, or outright banning abortion access without any federal standard for access to abortion. This policy change has created a new focus on medication abortion. In many cases, the current debate does not consider real-world facts about the number, method, and timing of abortions in contemporary America. This brief addresses the following questions: First, how many abortions take place? Is abortion becoming more or less common? Second, at what point in pregnancies are abortions occurring? Third, how are new methods changing the way abortions are performed?

As of September 2024, the National Debt of the United States surpassed $35.3 trillion. For many Americans, the national debt is an abstract concept that has no impact on their daily lives. How much of a problem is the national debt? Some economists have argued that a high national debt would disrupt the American economy, producing high inflation, high unemployment, high interest rates, sharply negative economic growth, and a collapsing stock market. However, the debt has been increasing for over a generation without an economic collapse. While the absence of disaster might suggest that the national debt doesn’t matter, research by Everything Policy identifies a looming short-term problem: the rise in interest payments on the debt is about to trigger major spending reductions across a wide range of federal programs.

Are recent policy changes designed to reduce asylum claims and unauthorized entries at America’s southern border? Border crossings were at unprecedentedly high levels in 2022, 2023, and early 2024. In recent months, the U.S. government implemented new policies to reduce asylum claims and illegal entries. Are these new policies working?