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Commentary
Birth Control Access Is Under Threat After Texas Judge's Ruling Against Title X
Confirming experts’ fears that the overturning of Roe v. Wade would result in legal challenges to contraception, this commentary explores the implications of Deanda v. Becerra, a recent federal ruling against young people’s right to contraception. Underscoring the urgent need to enact legal protections to contraception and other essential reproductive healthcare services, authors illustrate the glaring similarities between the precedent set by this case and previous cases that prompted Dobbs v. Jackson.
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The Pediatrician in the post-Roe landscape
Emphasizing the pivotal role of pediatricians in adolescent healthcare, this commentary outlines essential steps these providers must take to advocate for their patients post-Roe and ensure they have access to vital reproductive and sexual health services. Adequately acknowledging the current political climate authors argue, consists of adopting a series of patient-facing practices that both meet an individual’s existing health needs and prepare them for potential legal changes in the legal and clinical landscape.
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A Major Problem for Minors: Post-Roe Access to Abortion
With potential changes to state abortion laws looming after the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade, this commentary anticipates the disproportionate impact that legislation banning or severely restricting abortion would have on minors. Scrutinizing the legal and logistical challenges minors faced before this ruling, authors argue that without significant legal and financial interventions, young people's access to essential abortion care will be further compromised. The authors state that restricting minors’ access to abortion has widespread implications for their immediate and long-term well-being and undermines their right to bodily autonomy and reproductive freedom.
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Adolescents’ and Young Adults’ Ability to Self-screen for Contraindications to Hormonal Contraception and the role of Chronic Illness
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Addressing Long-Acting Reversible Contraception Access, Bias, and Coercion: Supporting Adolescent and Young Adult Reproductive Autonomy
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A Call to Action: Healthcare Providers Must Speak Up for Adolescent Abortion Access
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Primary Contraceptive Method use and Sexually Transmitted Infections in a Nationally Representative Sample of Young Women
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