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Women’s Mental Health: Implications of Restricting Access to Reproductive Care

Women’s Mental Health: Implications of Restricting Access to Reproductive Care

 

Behavioral Health Insights
By Micah Hoffman, MD, DABPN, FAPA, QME, CIME, CHCQM
AllMed Behavioral Health Medical Director

 

Last year, in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Supreme Court returned decisions about the legality of abortion to the states. Though the dust from the ruling is far from settled, at least two outcomes have since become clear: women face new barriers to essential reproductive care while they, their providers, and health plans must contend with new legal risks and uncertainties. For plans, navigating successfully in this environment calls for pairing clinical expertise about reproductive health options with up-to-date knowledge of abortion’s shifting legal status in specific states.…

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