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Six Months After Dobbs Decision, 23 States Severely Restrict Abortion while Others Move to Protect Access

Thursday, March 16, 2023

In the six months after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization on June 24, 2022, 23 states enacted severe restrictions on abortion, and nearly a third were enforcing these bans as legal battles continue to unfold. To limit the impact of the decision, more states directed their legislative efforts to protect access to abortion, according to new data released today from the Center for Public Health Law Research at Temple University’s Beasley School of Law capturing the policy landscape through January 1, 2023.  

Legislators introduced more than 1,500 bills to change the authority of state and local health agencies and executive officers during 2021 and 2022 legislative sessions

Tuesday, January 24, 2023

In the legislative sessions spanning January 1, 2021, through May 20, 2022, state legislators introduced 1,531 bills to change the scope and allocation of emergency health authority, according to new data released today by the Center for Public Health Law Research at Temple University’s Beasley School of Law.

37 Cities Earn Overall Medals in CityHealth Assessment of New Prevention-Oriented Policy Package

Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Expanding its partnership with America’s largest cities to help implement policies that can improve residents’ access to healthy choices, CityHealth, an initiative of the de Beaumont Foundation and Kaiser Permanente, released today its first annual ranking of the largest 75 cities with its revised 12-policy package.  

Sharp Divide in State Legislative Abortion Response to Dobbs Decision during First Two Months

Thursday, November 3, 2022

In the initial two months following the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization on June 24, 2022, states have engaged in a flurry of activity to either limit the impact of the decision by shoring up access to abortion or by doubling-down on the new ability to pass laws restricting access to reproductive care. 

CPHLR Receives NIH Grant to Support New Research and Dissemination Center to Make Scientific Findings about the Opioid Crisis Available to Impacted Communities

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Today, the Center for Public Health Law Research at Temple University’s Beasley School of Law (CPHLR) received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Helping to End Addiction Long-term Initiative, or NIH HEAL Initiative, to support the creation of a new center to deliver lay-friendly, culturally-appropriate information of the latest scientific findings to communities most affected by the pain, opioid and overdose crises.

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