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Reproductive & Sexual Health As Title X gag rule takes effect, providers choose between federal funds and high-quality care
July 29, 2019 Liz Borkowski, MPH

The Title X family planning program has long provided voluntary, high-quality, evidence-based care to clients with low incomes, but its ability to uphold standards of care and its own programmatic requirements is under threat.

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Health Equity For Mother’s Day, Addressing Black Maternal Health
May 12, 2019 Liz Borkowski, MPH

New figures from CDC give an updated look at the awful racial disparities in US maternal mortality, while new proposals offer solutions.

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Health Equity Black Maternal Health Week 2019: Taking steps in Congress, states, and beyond
April 14, 2019 Liz Borkowski, MPH

It’s Black Maternal Health Week. Actions in Congress and state Medicaid programs can help address the awful racial disparities in maternal mortality, but we also need comprehensive solutions to racism and inequity.

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Reproductive & Sexual Health The anti-choice movement is also anti-science
January 22, 2019 Liz Borkowski, MPH

The annual “March for Life” this year tries to claim science is on their side, but it isn’t. Commentators are calling them on the contradiction between this claim and the anti-science policies pushed by organizations that aim to ban abortion.

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Scientific Integrity & Ethics Federal science is under attack, and we need Congress to protect it
November 15, 2018 Liz Borkowski, MPH 6Comment

A new report from a wide-ranging group of organizations describes threats to the use of science in government decisions regarding public health and recommends steps Congress can take in response.

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Public Health Practice Two perspectives on reducing US maternal mortality
November 4, 2018 Liz Borkowski, MPH 1Comment

Last week, two opinion pieces highlighted solutions to the US’s shameful rates of maternal mortality, and the appalling racial disparities in risk of death during and after childbirth.

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Women's Health Working conditions and miscarriages, companies ignore needs of pregnant employees
October 24, 2018 Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH

The New York Times reports this week on the experiences of pregnant employees of XPO Logistics in Memphis. Their doctors recommended no heavy lifting, but the women’s managers refused to accommodate their request. They suffered miscarriages.

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Reproductive & Sexual Health Addressing black maternal mortality: Large and small steps
September 13, 2018 Liz Borkowski, MPH 2Comment

Senator Harris’s bill to reduce racial disparities in maternal mortality has won praise, but several commenters have also noted that much larger steps will also be necessary to fix the conditions that put black women at elevated risk of a range of health problems

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Reproductive & Sexual Health Urgent Calls to Save the Title X Family Planning Program
July 29, 2018 Liz Borkowski, MPH

The comment deadline on the Trump administration’s Title X gag rule is Tuesday, July 31. If implemented, it will severely damage a successful program that used to enjoy bipartisan support and that has helped millions of low-income people access high-quality reproductive healthcare.

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Reproductive & Sexual Health Abortion before Roe v. Wade — and after Justice Kennedy’s retirement
July 9, 2018 Liz Borkowski, MPH

It’s an appropriate time to highlight some of the recent evidence that we should keep in mind as abortion takes center stage in political discussions.

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