In this podcast episode of Healthcare Strategies, Dr. Sarah Oreck discusses challenges in accessing reproductive mental health care and the connections between mental health and pregnancy outcomes: https://healthcareexecintelligence.healthitanalytics.com/features/how-access-to-reproductive-mental-health-can-improve-maternal-health

New polling shows that a third of young women say they or someone they know has decided not to get pregnant because of concerns about maternal health care after Dobbs: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/09/13/dobbs-pregnancy-maternal-health-00115561

The New York Times explores new data from Guttmacher showing the geography of abortion care in the U.S. post-Dobbs: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/09/07/us/abortion-data-bans-laws.html

Mexico high court decriminalizes abortion in a major step forward for reproductive rights in Latin America: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNztUtkCuaI

The New York Times highlights how maternity care suffers as abortion laws drive obstetricians from red states: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/us/politics/abortion-obstetricians-maternity-care.html

Michigan Democrats introduced the Reproductive Health Act, an 11-bill package of legislation that will repeal most of the state’s anti-abortion TRAP laws: https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2023/09/07/michigan-democrats-repeal-abortion-laws/70778244007/

Republican strategists are exploring a shift away from the term “pro-life”: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-try-find-new-term-life-stave-electoral-losses-rcna103924

Rewire News Group published a deep dive into the hundreds of millions of dollars funneling through so-called crisis pregnancy centers and what, if anything, those fake clinics are doing with that money: https://rewirenewsgroup.com/2023/08/30/anti-abortion-centers-spent-over-600m-in-one-year-thats-the-tip-of-the-iceberg/

Alabama Attorney General doubles down on threats to prosecute out-of-state abortion care: https://alabamareflector.com/2023/08/31/alabama-attorney-general-doubles-down-on-threats-to-prosecute-out-of-state-abortion-care/

A new Texas state law makes it easier to oust DAs like Corpus Christi’s Mark Gonzalez, who promised not to prosecute abortion cases (soft paywall): https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/texas-da-mark-gonzalez-sb-20-1234815640/