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Jan 29, 2025

How Ignoring the Fundamental Causes of Maternal Morbidity/Mortality Impedes Progress Toward a Reproductive Justice Model of Contraceptive Counseling

We assess how contraceptive counseling guidance portrays maternal morbidity/mortality by qualitatively examining 25 gynecology texts. These documents describe maternal morbidity/mortality as rooted in biology, positing contraceptives as the solution.
Commentary

Jan 7, 2025

How Sedation Policies Can Limit Access to Abortion Care

Hospital policies limiting sedation for abortions push procedures into operating rooms, making access more difficult and costly. Reevaluating these policies could improve access, reduce costs, and enhance care efficiency, benefiting patients and health care systems.
Research Summary

Oct 8, 2024

How State and Local Policies Affect Abortion Care: A Case Study in Virginia

RAND researchers conducted a case study of laws and policies post-Dobbs in Virginia to better understand the policy landscape and gather perspectives from staff working in abortion facilities and support organizations.
Research

Sep 23, 2024

Understanding the State and Local Policies Affecting Abortion Care Administration, Access, and Delivery: A Case Study in Virginia

This report presents findings from a qualitative study examining state, local, and institutional policies in Virginia—one of the only remaining states in the South post-Dobbs with legal access to abortion care past 13 weeks gestational age.
Research Summary

Jul 3, 2024

How State and Local Policies Affect Abortion Care: A Case Study in North Carolina

A RAND team conducted a case study of laws and policies post-Dobbs in North Carolina to better understand the policy landscape and gather perspectives from staff working in abortion facilities and support organizations.
Research

Jun 20, 2024

Understanding the State and Local Policies Affecting Abortion Care Administration, Access, and Delivery: A Case Study in North Carolina

This report presents findings from a qualitative study examining policies in North Carolina that may further restrict abortion access beyond the state’s current gestational limit of 12 weeks and 6 days.
Press

Jun 20, 2024

Abortion Law in North Carolina Creates More Administration Tasks, Frustration, and Anxiety for Clinic Operators and Staff

Abortion care providers in North Carolina report spending more time on administrative tasks, voice frustration with new required consent forms, have feelings of anxiety and burnout, and fear for the future pipeline of providers since the state adopted regulations in 2023 limiting abortion care.
Commentary

Jun 9, 2023

Your Health Insurance May Not Be As Good As Your State Requires—and It's Perfectly Legal

Massachusetts has a law to ensure ease of access to birth control pills, saying there should be no copays and women can fill a 12-month prescription at once. Infertility care has similar protections. But many health plans don't have to comply with state laws because they are “self-insured.”
Press

Sep 13, 2022

Landmark Women's Reproductive Health Survey Shows Need for Improvements in DoD Reproductive Health Care

Improvements to reproductive health care services provided by the U.S. Department of Defense would allow DoD to better meet the needs of female service members and address the high rate of unintended pregnancies among active-duty service women.
Research

Sep 13, 2022

The Women's Reproductive Health Survey (WRHS) of Active-Duty Service Members

The Women's Reproductive Health Survey addresses legislation requiring a survey about access to family planning and counseling services among active-duty service women.
Research Summary

Sep 13, 2022

Women's Reproductive Health Survey (WRHS) of Active-Duty Service Members: Summary Findings and Policy Implications

This brief summarizes results from the RAND-developed Women’s Reproductive Health Survey (WRHS), conducted to better understand active-duty service women’s experiences with reproductive health.
Research Summary

Sep 13, 2022

The Women's Reproductive Health Survey (WRHS) of Active-Duty Service Members: Methods and Analysis

This brief reviews the methods and analysis of the RAND-developed U.S. Department of Defense Women's Reproductive Health Survey, conducted to better understand active-duty service women's experiences with reproductive health.

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Effects of Abortion Care Policy in North Carolina

Limiting Access to Reproductive Health Care May Undermine National Security

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How Ignoring the Fundamental Causes of Maternal Morbidity/Mortality Impedes Progress Toward a Reproductive Justice Model of Contraceptive Counseling

How Sedation Policies Can Limit Access to Abortion Care

How State and Local Policies Affect Abortion Care: A Case Study in Virginia

Understanding the State and Local Policies Affecting Abortion Care Administration, Access, and Delivery: A Case Study in Virginia

How State and Local Policies Affect Abortion Care: A Case Study in North Carolina

Understanding the State and Local Policies Affecting Abortion Care Administration, Access, and Delivery: A Case Study in North Carolina

Abortion Law in North Carolina Creates More Administration Tasks, Frustration, and Anxiety for Clinic Operators and Staff

Your Health Insurance May Not Be As Good As Your State Requires—and It's Perfectly Legal

Landmark Women's Reproductive Health Survey Shows Need for Improvements in DoD Reproductive Health Care

The Women's Reproductive Health Survey (WRHS) of Active-Duty Service Members

Women's Reproductive Health Survey (WRHS) of Active-Duty Service Members: Summary Findings and Policy Implications

The Women's Reproductive Health Survey (WRHS) of Active-Duty Service Members: Methods and Analysis

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Family Planning

Effects of Abortion Care Policy in North Carolina

Limiting Access to Reproductive Health Care May Undermine National Security

Explore RAND’s Work on this Topic

Error

How Ignoring the Fundamental Causes of Maternal Morbidity/Mortality Impedes Progress Toward a Reproductive Justice Model of Contraceptive Counseling

How Sedation Policies Can Limit Access to Abortion Care

How State and Local Policies Affect Abortion Care: A Case Study in Virginia

Understanding the State and Local Policies Affecting Abortion Care Administration, Access, and Delivery: A Case Study in Virginia

How State and Local Policies Affect Abortion Care: A Case Study in North Carolina

Understanding the State and Local Policies Affecting Abortion Care Administration, Access, and Delivery: A Case Study in North Carolina

Abortion Law in North Carolina Creates More Administration Tasks, Frustration, and Anxiety for Clinic Operators and Staff

Your Health Insurance May Not Be As Good As Your State Requires—and It's Perfectly Legal

Landmark Women's Reproductive Health Survey Shows Need for Improvements in DoD Reproductive Health Care

The Women's Reproductive Health Survey (WRHS) of Active-Duty Service Members

Women's Reproductive Health Survey (WRHS) of Active-Duty Service Members: Summary Findings and Policy Implications

The Women's Reproductive Health Survey (WRHS) of Active-Duty Service Members: Methods and Analysis

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