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Q&A with the Scholars: From Nursing to Abortion Research

After 25+ years serving on the front lines of health care as a Nurse and then as a Family Nurse Practitioner, Dr. Sharon J. MacKinnon completed her doctoral work in Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Dr. MacKinnon recently joined the Charlotte Lozier Institute as an Associate Scholar, and in this interview, she shares her observations from her nursing experience as well as her recent research on reasons why women obtain abortions, the significant racial and ethnic disparities in deaths caused by abortion, abortion reporting, chemical abortions, and more.

Sharon J. MacKinnon, Ph.D., RN, FNP

August 18, 2017

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Adoption Tax Credits: Utilization, State Expansions, and Taxpayer Savings

In 2013, the Charlotte Lozier Institute published a report titled, “The Adoption Tax Credit: Progress and Prospects for Expansion.” The report both outlines the history of the adoption tax credit at the federal level and analyzes the number of states that provide some form of tax relief for adoption. Since the report was published, the federal adoption tax credit has continued to increase in dollar amount and is utilized by tens of thousands of Americans pursuing adoption each year.

Matt Connell

August 10, 2017

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Improving Maternal Mortality: Comprehensive Reporting for All Pregnancy Outcomes

To demonstrate the impact of inadequate standardization and population coverage on the ability to measure and improve maternal mortality in the United States.

James Studnicki, Sc.D., MPH, MBA

John W. Fisher, Ph.D., J.D., M.S., M.A.

August 1, 2017

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Heritage Foundation “Index of Culture and Opportunity”: Life Is on the Right Track

On July 20, 2017, The Heritage Foundation published the fourth installment of its annual Index of Culture and Opportunity (“Index”). The Index is an exercise in civil society that tracks and analyzes data that affects freedom and opportunity.