Research

Publications

Hernandez, Natalie. “Asymmetric Representation: Post-Roe Abortion Policy and Public Opinion in the U.S. States.” Conditionally Accepted, American Political Science Review.

• Media Coverage: Not Another Politics Podcast

Hernandez, Natalie. 2026. “Simplified or Misunderstood? Rethinking How We Measure Americans’ Abortion Attitudes in the Post-Roe Era.” Public Opinion Quarterly.

Hernandez, Natalie, Mackenzie Lockhart, Alan Gerber, and Gregory Huber. 2026. “Abortion Policy Preferences are Structured, Stable, and Consequential.” American Journal of Political Science. 1-14.

Hernandez, Natalie, Alexander Trubowitz, and Sam Zacher. 2025. “The Insurance Value of Abortion and Support for Reproductive Rights.” Political Behavior. 47: 1781–1801.

Hernandez, Natalie, Nicholas Ottone, and Joshua Kalla. 2025. “Targeted Abortion Frames Do Not Mobilize Political Action-Taking.” American Politics Research, 53(4): 353–368.

Garcia, Antonio, Elizabeth Circo, Christina DeNard, and Natalie Hernandez. 2015. “Barriers and Facilitators to Delivering Effective Mental Health Practice Strategies for Youth and Families Served by the Child Welfare System.” Child & Youth Services Review, 52: 110–122.

Selected Work in Progress

“The Impact of Entertainment Media on Abortion Attitudes.”

“The Role of Peer-to-Peer Conversations on Bringing Men into the Abortion Conversation: Evidence from a Multi-Year Field Experiment.”