NEW: @guttmacher.org data shows abortions continue to rise nationally post-Roe, w/ some interesting trends:
-travel down, telehealth up
-Florida saw biggest decrease due to 6 wk ban
-true number likely much higher since shield law pill prescriptions were not counted
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“Abruptly shutting down PRAMS jeopardizes women and infants health at a time when maternal mortality rates in the US have been rising and access to maternity care is increasingly difficult. Dismantling PRAMS will make America less healthy, not more.” - @lauralindberg.bsky.social, Society member
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Could emergency departments play a role in expanding access to contraception? Learn how EDs could fill a gap in care as contraceptive access faces growing barriers in a new AcademyHealth blog by Senior Scholar Maria Rodriguez academyhealth.org/blog/2025-02...
"Particularly striking n deeply saddening is the more than two 2x larger increase in mortality among Black vs White infants in months effected by the abortion bans-11.0% vs 5.1%"
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Public CDC datasets as of January 28, have been archived by some prescient soul(s): archive.org/details/2025...
"Datasets related to racial disparities, LGBTQIA+ health and reproductive health were at risk, as were data on racial and ethnic health disparities, climate and environmental justice. Websites such as the NIH’s Office of Research on Women’s Health were also unavailable Friday."
