657 - The Consequences of Abortion Restrictions Part 2: Denials of Medical Care
Public Health On Call
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
4.6 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 1 September 2023
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Part two of this series features Dr. Daniel Grossman, an obstretrician and gynecologist, and Dr. Katrina Kimport, a sociologist in Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at the University of California at San Francisco. They talk with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about their research documenting cases where patients were denied proper medical care because of abortion restrictions—even when the care was unrelated to a pregnancy. They discuss how being forced to deny proper medical care can cause catastrophic health problems and trauma for pregnant people and their loved ones, as well as distress for the medical professionals involved. For part one of the series, check out episode 656. Read the report here: https://www.ansirh.org/sites/default/files/2023-05/Care%20Post-Roe%20Preliminary%20Findings.pdf
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Public Health On Call, a podcast from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, |
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| 0:32.2 | This is Lindsay Smith-Rogers. Today, in episode two of our two-part series on the consequences of restricting abortion, |
| 0:39.6 | we'll look at the unintended reach of the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade. |
| 0:44.8 | Dr. Daniel Grossman is an obstetrician and gynecologist, and Dr. Katrina Kimport is a sociologist |
| 0:51.2 | in the Department of Obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive services at the |
| 0:55.9 | University of California at San Francisco. They are two authors of a recent study that described |
| 1:01.8 | what is happening to patients in states that have put in place severe restrictions on access to |
| 1:07.1 | abortion care over the last year. If you missed part one in this series, check out episode |
| 1:12.7 | 656 about new research that puts numbers to the question of how many additional live births |
| 1:19.7 | occurred in Texas in 2022 as a result of abortion restrictions that passed in 2021. Please note that this podcast today contains content about pregnancy, abortion, miscarriage, |
| 1:33.1 | and stillbirth. |
| 1:34.2 | Let's listen. |
| 1:35.8 | Dr. Daniel Grossman, Dr. Katrina Kemport, thank you so much for joining me on public |
| 1:40.5 | health on call to talk about this study that both of you were deeply involved in. |
| 1:45.7 | Dr. Grossman, you are an obstetrician gynecologist. |
| 1:48.8 | Can you talk about the reason why you wanted to do this study? |
| 1:52.9 | Sure. Thanks so much, Josh, for having us on the podcast. |
| 1:56.7 | With the Dobbs decision, there were started to be reports in the media about how these restrictions on access to abortion care were having a broader impact beyond just people who were seeking abortion care, but were also affecting people who had complications during pregnancy and other medical conditions. |
| 2:16.0 | It seemed really important to document those cases. |
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