Sep 9, 2024 05:49 PM
Most abortion restrictive US states provide the least support for pregnant women
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1056970
INTRO: The United States Supreme Court’s ruling on the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization case in June 2024 revoked constitutionally guaranteed access to abortion for women. Since the ruling, 14 US states have placed a complete ban on abortions, while others have banned abortion during the 6 to 18 weeks gestation period.
In the US, minoritized people and people of low socioeconomic status suffer from disproportionately low access to safe abortions — a situation made worse by the geographical barriers created by post-Dobbs abortion restriction policies. However, people who support post-Dobbs restrictions insist that the policies can help protect children, women and families.
In a recent study published in the American Journal of Public Health, Dr. Nigel Madden and colleagues from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine examined the relationship between state policies or legislation around abortion and programs designed to support children, women and families. They found that states adopting the most restrictive abortion policies after the Dobbs ruling also lacked the most public infrastructure to support access to reproductive health care and family social services.
The findings suggest an interesting contradiction between the stated goals of states with restrictive post-Dobbs abortion policies and their willingness to ensure the welfare of children, women and families through medical or social programs.
“In our analysis, states with the most severe abortion restrictions have the least comprehensive and least inclusive public infrastructure to support access to reproductive health care and family social services. It would seem in these states that the abortion opponent, pro-life attitude not only begins at conception but ends there as well,” notes Dr. Madden, the lead author of the study... (MORE - details, no ads)
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1056970
INTRO: The United States Supreme Court’s ruling on the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization case in June 2024 revoked constitutionally guaranteed access to abortion for women. Since the ruling, 14 US states have placed a complete ban on abortions, while others have banned abortion during the 6 to 18 weeks gestation period.
In the US, minoritized people and people of low socioeconomic status suffer from disproportionately low access to safe abortions — a situation made worse by the geographical barriers created by post-Dobbs abortion restriction policies. However, people who support post-Dobbs restrictions insist that the policies can help protect children, women and families.
In a recent study published in the American Journal of Public Health, Dr. Nigel Madden and colleagues from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine examined the relationship between state policies or legislation around abortion and programs designed to support children, women and families. They found that states adopting the most restrictive abortion policies after the Dobbs ruling also lacked the most public infrastructure to support access to reproductive health care and family social services.
The findings suggest an interesting contradiction between the stated goals of states with restrictive post-Dobbs abortion policies and their willingness to ensure the welfare of children, women and families through medical or social programs.
“In our analysis, states with the most severe abortion restrictions have the least comprehensive and least inclusive public infrastructure to support access to reproductive health care and family social services. It would seem in these states that the abortion opponent, pro-life attitude not only begins at conception but ends there as well,” notes Dr. Madden, the lead author of the study... (MORE - details, no ads)
