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Content ArticleOn 24 June 2022, the US Supreme Court overruled both Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey and returned the question of abortion’s legality to the US. The ruling opens the door to additional State efforts to limit access to medication abortions, prevent third parties from assisting anyone seeking an abortion or punish women who end their pregnancy. This opinion piece in The New England Journal of Medicine looks at the implications of the end of Roe v. Wade beyond abortion, examining how it could affect other aspects of healthcare rights in the USA. The author, Zita Lazzarini from the Division of Public Health Law and Bioethics at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, argues that the Supreme Court's ruling opens the door for state regulation of other healthcare decisions, including those regarding contraception, end-of-life care, care for LGBTQ patients and fertility treatments. She highlights that common forms of birth control including IUDs and emergency contraception are already being targeted by some states as “abortifacients,” and raises concerns that State laws declaring that life begins at fertilization will potentially endow thousands of frozen embryos with rights, imposing impossible burdens on fertility centres and their clients.
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Content ArticleIn this opinion piece for The Guardian, Professor Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh discusses the global threat of monkeypox—a virus that causes fever, swollen lymph nodes and distinctive rashes on the face, palms, the soles of the feet and genitalia. The World Health Organization (WHO) has designated the recent outbreak of monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern. Professor Sridhar highlights the need to take a collaborative approach across borders to ensure the outbreak is brought under control. She outlines that the most effective strategy in preventing the virus spreading further is to protect the group most at risk from the virus—men who have sex with men (MSM)—through vaccination.
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Content ArticleThe All Party Parliamentary Group on Sexual and Reproductive Health (APPG SRH) opened the Inquiry into Access to Contraception in 2019, in response to reports of women being unable to access contraception in a way that meets their needs. The Inquiry's report, Women's Lives, Women's Rights: Strengthening Access to Contraception Beyond the Pandemic has now been published and looks specifically at the following key areas: Fragmented commissioning Funding Workforce Data collection Education and information Access for marginalised groups Opportunities to improve contraceptive provision.
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Content ArticleThis resource on managing contraceptive provision without face to face consultations has been produced by the Primary Care Women’s Health Forum to help primary care clinicians support women with their contraceptive needs during the coronavirus pandemic. It covers hormonal contraception including pills, patches, combined hormonal ring, IUD, IUS, implant, depo provera and emergency contraception.
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