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"Thirty-one U.S. states are failing to provide basic sexual health and reproductive services, a damning new report has revealed. Activist group rePROs Fight Back’s annual report found that reproductive healthcare in the U.S. continues to be in a perilous state in the aftermath of the overturning of Roe v Wade in 2022 during President Donald Trump’s first term in the White House. The failing states were ranked with a ‘D’ or ‘F’ grade depending on whether they provided access to a number of vital sexual and reproductive health services and rights.
In 2021, the year before Roe v Wade was overturned, 26 states had failing grades. Since the grading system began in 2011, the U.S. has fallen from a C- to an F. The number of falling states in the first year of the study was just nine.
...As things stand, abortion has been completely banned or almost completely banned in 19 states. Consequently, thousands of women across the country have had basic healthcare access refused, jeopardizing their future fertility and, in many cases, putting lives at risk.
...States that score highly will have comprehensive sex education in schools, emergency contraception mandated in the emergency room, access to contraception services for minors, Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, a Medicaid “waiver” expanding eligibility for family planning services, Medicaid postpartum coverage expanded to 12 months, insurance coverage of abortion services, an absence of abortion restrictions, an absence of TRAP laws (Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers), access to abortion medication and access to gender-affirming care."
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Living longer and more healthily involves abandoning right-wung ideology.
In 2021, the year before Roe v Wade was overturned, 26 states had failing grades. Since the grading system began in 2011, the U.S. has fallen from a C- to an F. The number of falling states in the first year of the study was just nine.
...As things stand, abortion has been completely banned or almost completely banned in 19 states. Consequently, thousands of women across the country have had basic healthcare access refused, jeopardizing their future fertility and, in many cases, putting lives at risk.
...States that score highly will have comprehensive sex education in schools, emergency contraception mandated in the emergency room, access to contraception services for minors, Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, a Medicaid “waiver” expanding eligibility for family planning services, Medicaid postpartum coverage expanded to 12 months, insurance coverage of abortion services, an absence of abortion restrictions, an absence of TRAP laws (Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers), access to abortion medication and access to gender-affirming care."
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Living longer and more healthily involves abandoning right-wung ideology.