On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court voted to overturn Roe. v. Wade, which for nearly 50 years had protected a pregnant person’s legal ability to have an abortion. In response, OHSU has reaffirmed its commitment to providing comprehensive complex family planning care and training the next generation of reproductive health providers. The decision also influenced donors to respond with their support of reproductive health equity.
One year after the Supreme Court ruling, reproductive health providers at OHSU reflect on how the decision has impacted their work and discuss how OHSU has maintained its unwavering support toward providing the full continuum of sexual and reproductive health care.
Read more about OHSU’s work advancing and supporting reproductive health care, training and research
- One year since the overturn of Roe, OB/GYNs report devastating impacts from lack of abortion access
- Two couples explain how access to abortion care at OHSU gave them a fighting chance.
- In January, OHSU established the new Center for Reproductive Health Equity to advance reproductive health services, education and policy research.
- Last fall, OHSU’s Center for Women’s Health welcomed its first visiting medical resident from out of state to receive specialized training in abortion care.
- Read a statement OHSU disseminated immediately after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
OHSU in the media
- The Guardian — “‘We weren’t meant to be criminals’: the gynecologists training out of state post-Roe”
- Wired — “States with abortion bans are losing a generation of OB/GYNs”
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