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There are 2 comments on Reproductive Health on the Anniversary of Roe v. Wade

  1. Wonderful to see a Dean of the School of Public Health highlighting these important issues and openly supporting women’s sexual and reproductive rights and choice.

    Jane Harries MPH PhD
    Director, Women’s Health Research Unit, School of Public Health University of Cape Town, South Africa

  2. Thanks for the post. I find your choice of words regarding the decline in abortion stats interesting – i.e. “abortion uptake is decreasing .” To me “uptake” suggests services are freely available and that women are choosing not to use them or don’t require them. I imagine it’s more likely that availability and access have declined as a result of state-based restrictions. This is underscored by your points on the declining number of providers and the situation in Texas. I suppose an increase in contraceptive access and usage could also have resulted in the decline in abortion stats, but I’m not up-to-date with that data. I don’t believe any major advances have been made recently, though we could see exciting things in the near future as a result of this initiative: http://ocsotc.org / http://www.freethepill.org. Thanks again, Naomi

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