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Healthcare Access among Pregnant Women in States with and without Abortion Restrictions

3 weeks ago | ajpmonline.org | Adam Gaffney |David Himmelstein |Hunter College |Samuel L. Dickman

Research LetterArticles in Press1076711Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts2Department of Medicine, Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, Massachusetts3Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, New York4Public Citizen Health Research Group, Washington, DC5Planned Parenthood of Montana, Billings6Edward M.
Healthcare Access among Pregnant Women in States with and without Abortion Restrictions

3 weeks ago | ajpmonline.org | Adam Gaffney |David Himmelstein |Hunter College |Samuel L. Dickman

KeywordsHealthcare accesspregnancyabortion policyIntroductionThe US Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs decision ended the US constitutional right to abortion. States that have restricted abortion since Dobbs may have other policies that impede access to other forms of healthcare during pregnancy, compromising maternal and infant health.
Health, Access to Care, and Financial Barriers to Care Among People Incarcerated in US Prisons

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.
Florida’s abortion ‘exception’ will do nothing for survivors of rape | Opinion

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.
As a rule, rape exceptions for abortion don't work

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.
Opinion: As A Rule, Rape Exceptions For Abortion Don’t Work - STAT

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.
Error in Methods, Results, and Table 2

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.
Rape-Related Pregnancies in the 14 US States With Total Abortion Bans

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.
Francis Wilkinson: MAGA's great for some, until it gets personal

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.
Forcing rape victims to pay for emergency medical care is cruel

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.