The impact of abortion bans and challenges to the Affordable Care Act, which aimed to limit access to contraception, provides numerous reporting opportunities. The same goes for the story about the impact of efforts to limit or outright ban the use of mifepristone, the main drug used in medical abortions for more than 20 years.
But reproductive health equity advocates say many journalists are questioning how current and future restrictions affect the health of women of color in their reproductive years, especially Black, Hispanic, and Indigenous women. They say they don’t pay enough attention to or ignore how things can get worse. As the effects of these restrictions become clearer, these women (who represent a total of 36.5% of women ages 15 to 44 in the United States) are more likely than non-Hispanic white women to have unplanned pregnancies and premature births. It is possible that the sex will be even higher.
Lupe M. Rodriguez, executive director of the National Latina Reproductive Justice Institute, and Lauren Saucer, who writes about health care in the South as part of the KFF Health News Southern Bureau, will be joined by AHCJ Health Equity Beat Leader Margarita Birnbaum. I participated in this matter with Mr. Webinar.
We investigated why black, Hispanic, American Indian, and Alaska Native women tend to have poorer health than non-Hispanic white women on measures of reproductive health. We also delved into the role that disinformation and misinformation about abortion plays in contributing to reproductive health care outcomes for women of color. We also discussed misconceptions about attitudes women of color have toward contraception and abortion. Learn about efforts aimed at giving women of color greater access to reproductive health care services and encouraging their advocacy.
Margarita Birnbaum She is AHCJ’s health equity health beat leader and an independent journalist based in Dallas. Over the years, articles about her health, crime and other topics she covered early in her career have appeared in WebMD, American Heart Association News, Dallas Morning News, Miami Herald, and Reuters . Birnbaum, who is fluent in English and Spanish, is also an interpreter and translator. Her personal and professional experiences, where she lived and worked in the United States and several countries in Central America, have influenced her reporting efforts covering trends in racial and ethnic health disparities in the United States. I am.
Lupe M. Rodriguez I am the executive director of the National Institute for Latina Reproductive Justice. She has worked as a social justice advocate in the United States and Mexico for many years. Mr. Rodriguez is a former vice president of public relations for the family planning organization Maru Monte and holds a bachelor’s degree in neurobiology from Harvard University. She serves on the community advisory board of Stanford University’s Center for Clinical Research, is chair of the Santa Clara County Commission on the Status of Women, and is treasurer of the board of California Latinas for Reproductive Justice. He was also responsible.
lauren saucer I write about health care in the South as part of KFF Health News’ Southern Bureau. She is based in Charleston, South Carolina, and previously covered health care for the Post and Courier, where she spent nine years. A graduate of Clemson University and Columbia University, she has received awards from the Society of Healthcare Journalists, the Society of Professional Journalists, and other organizations. In 2016, she was part of a team of reporters selected as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News. In 2017, she was named Reporter of the Year by the South Carolina Press Association.
