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Aug 5, 2024 | 
jamanetwork.com | Emily Lupez |David Himmelstein |Laura Hawks |Samuel L. Dickman
Key PointsQuestions
What are the health status and health care access of people residing in US prisons, and are co-payments associated with reduced access to care? Findings
In this repeated cross-sectional study representing 1 421 700 people in US prisons, there was high, and possibly increasing, prevalence of mental health and chronic physical conditions, as well as poor access to care.
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May 3, 2024 | 
sun-sentinel.com | Samuel L. Dickman |Steffie Woolhandler
Florida’s restrictive new abortion law, despite its “rape exception,” will force thousands of Florida women and girls impregnated by a rapist to choose between bearing their rapist’s child and fleeing the state. How many? In a study on the 14 states that had banned abortion published recently in JAMA Internal Medicine, we estimated that 64,565 women and girls had become pregnant after rape since the bans took effect.
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Apr 9, 2024 | 
statnews.com | Samuel L. Dickman
A year before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Texas implemented Senate Bill 8, which banned abortions for all but the very few who made it to a clinic within about two weeks of missing their period. I was an abortion provider at the time in San Antonio, and the eight months I worked after SB8 took effect were the most depressing of my career.
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Apr 9, 2024 | 
everand.com | Samuel L. Dickman
Abortion opponents often say they want to support survivors of rape. But abortion bans do the opposite, and no fake "rape exception" is going to change that.
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Mar 4, 2024 | 
jamanetwork.com | Samuel L. Dickman |Kari White |David Himmelstein |Emily Lupez
Error in Methods, Results, and Table 2 In the Research Letter titled “Rape-Related Pregnancies in the 14 US States With Total Abortion Bans”1 published online January 24, 2024, language in the Methods, Results, and Table 2 has been clarified to refer to survivors of vaginal rape rather than vaginal rape. This article was corrected online.
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Jan 24, 2024 | 
jamanetwork.com | Samuel L. Dickman |Kari White |David Himmelstein |Hunter College
Table 1. Characteristics of Data Sources on Rape Victimization Table 2.
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Oct 5, 2023 | 
post-gazette.com | Samuel L. Dickman |Adriana Ramirez |Adriana E. Ramírez
John Odom, a Donald Trump supporter and big Republican donor, has taken the extraordinary step of requesting that a GOP candidate return his $100,000 donation. The reason for Odom's demand is even more unusual: Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, who is running for governor, hired former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski as a political adviser. Odom believes that hiring Lewandowski is a moral outrage, so he wants his money back.
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Jun 25, 2023 | 
lasvegassun.com | Samuel L. Dickman
By Samuel Dickman In the summer of 2021, a woman seeking an abortion came to the Texas clinic where I worked as a physician. She’d been raped and was 15 weeks pregnant. I was the first medical provider she had seen since being assaulted. She told me she hadn’t gone to the emergency room after her rape because she was uninsured and afraid of racking up a huge medical bill. It was not the first time I’ve heard such a story.
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Jun 23, 2023 | 
postguam.com | Samuel L. Dickman
In the summer of 2021, a woman seeking an abortion came to the Texas clinic where I worked as a physician. She’d been raped and was 15 weeks pregnant. I was the first medical provider she had seen since being assaulted. She told me she hadn’t gone to the emergency room after her rape because she was uninsured and afraid of racking up a huge medical bill. It was not the first time I’ve heard such a story.
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Jun 22, 2023 | 
cnn.com | Samuel L. Dickman
Editor’s Note: Dr. Samuel Dickman, MD, an abortion provider and primary care physician, is the Chief Medical Officer of Planned Parenthood of Montana. The views expressed here are his own. Read more opinion on CNN. CNN — One year ago, the Supreme Court eliminated the federal constitutional right to abortion in their Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision. Since then, lawmakers in 20 states — primarily in the South and Midwest — have banned some or all abortions.
