REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ARE IN JEOPARDY

Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, dozens of states have severely limited access to or banned abortion and others are extending protections for patients and providers. Many local governments are adopting ordinances designed to increase or decrease access to abortion within their jurisdictions. In this era of concern and confusion, decentralized and siloed information presents a huge challenge for community groups, research entities, and the public. Institutions such as universities, with significant research and data analytic capacity, are poised to play key educational and research roles in addressing this current moment. In this rapidly changing health care landscape, collaborations are critical for providing accurate and accessible scholarly resources and data. 

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  • THIS WEEK IN RJ

    April 1st – April 5th, 2024 New Reports and Resources Kaiser Family Foundation: Women’s Views of Abortion Access and Policies in the Dobbs Era: Insights From the KFF Health Tracking Poll Nearly two years after the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Supreme Court ruling overturned Roe v. Wade, eliminating federal constitutional protections for abortion, abortion is banned in…

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  • Medication Abortion Accounted for 63% of All US Abortions in 2023—An Increase from 53% in 2020

    Jones & Friedrich-Karnik. Guttmacher Institute. March 2024 New Guttmacher Institute research from the Monthly Abortion Provision Study shows that there were approximately 642,700 medication abortions in the United States in 2023, accounting for 63% of all abortions in the formal health care system. This is an increase from 2020, when medication abortions accounted for 53% of all…

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  • What attributes of abortion care affect people’s decision-making? Results from a discrete choice experiment

    Seymour, Higgins, & Roberts. Contraception. March 2024. This study, the first to examine abortion preferences in the United States, using a discrete choice experiment, demonstrates the importance of wait time and cost in abortion care decision-making. Our work indicates that for this population, factors related to health care financing and organization may matter more than clinical aspects…

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