In anticipation of extraterritorial application of antiabortion laws, many states enacted laws that attempt to shield abortion providers, helpers, and patients from civil, professional, or criminal liability associated with legal abortion care. Professor Greer Donley and her colleagues analyzed and compared the statutory schemes of the seven early adopting shield states: California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York.
Join A Feminist Theology of Abortion on Nov. 3rd for a conversation with Dr. Myrna Perez Shelton for a new ethical foundation on abortion politics.
Join GSWS for a panel discussion on What US Feminists Can Learn from Irish Abortion Activists on Oct. 20 at 3:30pm.
Register here: https://calendar.pitt.edu/event/what_us_feminists_can_learn_from_irish_abortion_activists
Join GSWS for a panel discussion on What US Feminists can learn from Latin American Abortion Activists. This panel will be chaired by Lara Putnam (History), with Paula Orozco-Espinel, Iris Medellin, and Emily Culver.
Dr. Mehret Birru Talabi, Greer Donley, and Catherine Wright collaborated on a letter to the editor of Arthritis & Rheumatology about their recent cross-sectional survey of rheumatologists which describes the impacts of U.S. abortion policy on rheumatology clinical practice.
View the full letter to the editor here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37706661/
CONVERGE faculty member Dr. Mosley, and affiliate faculty member at Emory-RISE, contributed to this study on Georgia’s early abortion ban and looking at the multiyear consequences for abortion access.
Read more about their study here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36877521/
Dr. Liz Mosley and her team found that Georgia’s law limiting abortion to early pregnancy would eliminate access to abortion for nearly 90% of patients in Georgia and disproportionately harm patients who are Black, younger, and in lower socioeconomic status groups.
Read more here: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2802001
Dr. Marielle Gross' study highlights pregnant people's perceptions of prenatal ultrasounds as an inherently valuable source of information and preparedness. 95% of participants desired information about abnormal sonographic findings, and 50% would consider pregnancy termination for anomalies.
Abortion bans challenge midwives’ ability to practice reproductive justice and honor the health care needs and preferences of every individual. Dr. Nancy Niemczyk and her colleagues wrote about the changing landscape for midwives who provide abortion post-Dobbs decision.
