Looking Back
The Changing Landscape of Abortion Care in Louisiana
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11039142 |
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| Authors | Mayra Pineda-Torres (0000-0002-8433-3237, Mayra Pineda-Torres is with the School of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta. Yana van der Meulen Rodgers is with the Labor Studies and Employment Relations Department, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.), Yana Van Der Meulen Rodgers (0000-0001-7669-2857, Mayra Pineda-Torres is with the School of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta. Yana van der Meulen Rodgers is with the Labor Studies and Employment Relations Department, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 114 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 463-466 |
| Publication date | 2024-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.2024.307606 |
| PMID | 38489499 |
| OpenAlex | W4392862745 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 15 |
This article examines how COVID-19 and the Dobbs decision have impacted abortion services in Louisiana. COVID-19's introduction into an already restrictive landscape of abortion policies intensified the barriers that providers and communities faced, with disproportionate impacts on Black and Hispanic abortion seekers. The 2022 Dobbs decision marked the immediate enactment of Louisiana's abortion ban, resulting in even greater difficulties in accessing abortion services. Concerns raised by Roberts et al. (2021) about the negative effects of clinic closures have only grown since their prescient study
Abortion · Archaeology · Atlanta · Conceptualization · Library science · Media studies · Metropolitan area · Political science · Pregnancy · Sociology · Feminist Theory and Gender Studies · History · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Reproductive Health and Contraception
| Highly cited | No |
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