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Adrienne Ghorashi, Esq. •
Center for Public Health Law Research
DeAnna Baumle, JD, MSW •
Center for Public Health Law Research

This article in the Journal of Law and Health explores the changes in abortion laws including abortion bans and related penalties, interstate shield laws, and data privacy protections, from June 1, 2022 through January 1, 2023. 

 
Adrienne Ghorashi, Esq. •
Center for Public Health Law Research
Patty Skuster, JD, MPP •
CPHLR Fellow
DeAnna Baumle, JD, MSW •
Center for Public Health Law Research
Amy Cook, JD •
Center for Public Health Law Research
Alexandra Hess, JD, MPH •
Center for Public Health Law Research
Cydney M. Murray, JD •
Center for Public Health Law Research

On June 24, 2022, the US Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned nearly 50 years of precedent protecting the right to an abortion prior to viability. Under Roe v. Wade, the legal landscape of abortion was a complex patchwork of state laws and court decisions regulating access to the procedure. The Dobbs decision further compromised abortion access by allowing states to ban all or most abortions.  

 
Adrienne Ghorashi, Esq. •
Center for Public Health Law Research
Patty Skuster, JD, MPP •
CPHLR Fellow
Rachel Rebouché, JD •
Center for Public Health Law Research

The Center for Public Health Law Research is home to one of the leading research teams focused on understanding the role and effects of laws related to sexual and reproductive health on population health, well-being, and equity. The Center’s resources reflect the varied and ever-changing landscape of regulations and restrictions on abortion, access to contraception, and other issues related to sexual and reproductive health in the United States and worldwide.

 
Patty Skuster, JD, MPP •
CPHLR Fellow

Published in the American Journal of Public Health, this editorial, written by CPHLR Research Fellow and Temple Beasley School of Law faculty member Patty Skuster, JD, MPP, and Heidi Moseson, PhD, MPH, explores the legal risk remaining for at-home medication abortion.

 
 
Patty Skuster, JD, MPP •
CPHLR Fellow
Adrienne Ghorashi, Esq. •
Center for Public Health Law Research

This paper, published in Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, analyzes provisions that do not account for the prevalence of self-managed abortion and evidence of its safety. Such provisions require that abortion take place in a formal healthcare setting. The researchers also analyzed criminal penalties for non-compliance.

 
Scott Burris, JD •
Center for Public Health Law Research
Adrienne Ghorashi, Esq. •
Center for Public Health Law Research
Lindsay Cloud, JD, PhD(c) •
Center for Public Health Law Research
Rachel Rebouché, JD •
Center for Public Health Law Research
Patty Skuster, JD, MPP •
CPHLR Fellow
Antonella Lavelanet •

The Identifying Data for the Empirical Assessment of Law (IDEAL) method, developed by a team of academics, lawyers, reproductive health experts and law students, follows three steps to support the development of evidence-based guidelines and practice related to abortion law. The process identifies social science and epidemiological evidence that does not explicitly address the law, but can nonetheless enhance the understanding of legal effects and identify research gaps and priority research topics.

 

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