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.
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.
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.
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.
This legal map shows laws in effect as of August 31, 2020 requiring facilities where abortions are performed to be licensed hospitals.
This legal map shows laws requiring facilities where abortions are performed to be licensed as ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) and meet regulations governing ASCs in effect as of August 31, 2020.
This project evaluates the impact of laws requiring parental involvement in minors' decisions to obtain an abortion. It tests for an association between parental involvement abortion laws and state policies and the rates of chlamydia and gonorrhea in women aged 15-19 and 20-24.
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