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• RFK Jr.’s got advice for pregnant women. There’s limited data to support it. Politico. October 11, 2025.
• Planned Parenthood Keystone Operating Without Medicaid Funds. WITF. September 30, 2025.
• Supreme Court Decision May Decrease Contraceptive Access for Medicaid Recipients: Study. GW Hatchet. September 8, 2025. 
• What to Know About Birth Control Options, Costs and Access. U.S. News & World Report. July 3, 2025.
• U.S. Health Dept. Agrees to Review Mifepristone Safety Based on Anti-Abortion White Papers. Louisiana Illuminator. May 16, 2025.
• The Fertility Rate Was Stable in 2024, But it's Still Near Record Lows. NBC News. April 23, 2025.
• Changes in Ob/Gyn Clinical Workforce in States with Abortion Restrictions Post-Dobbs Decision. MedScape. March 14, 2025.
• Surge in Americans Getting Sterilizations Given States’ Abortion Laws. The Washington Post. January 15, 2025.
• More Young Americans Seeking Permanent Contraception in Post-Roe Era, Experts Say. Miami Herald. January 9, 2025.
• Q&A: The Rise of Permanent Forms of Contraception in the Post-Roe World. U.S. News & World Report. January 7, 2025.
• Permanent Contraception Surged After Roe v Wade Overturned, Study Finds. The Guardian. January 6, 2025.

• Data Shows Minimal Changes to OB-GYN Workforce Following Abortion Bans, but that Could Change. Georgia Public Broadcasting. December 24, 2024.
• No Significant Change in OB/GYN Enrollment in States Without Abortion Bans After Dobbs. Healio. December 23, 2024.
• Study Reveals Impact of Dobbs Decision on OBGYN Workforce in Abortion Ban States. Medical Xpress. December 4, 2024.
• Permanent Contraception Skyrocketed in Period Soon After the Supreme Court Decision. Contraceptive Technology Update. June 1, 2024.
• The Pill Makes Some Women Miserable. But are they Really Quitting it En Masse? The New York Times. May 16, 2024.
• Use of Most Contraceptive Methods Declined From 2019 to 2022, Except Vasectomies, According to New Data. Patient Care. ​May 2, 2024.
• Top in Women’s Health: Decrease in Contraceptive Use; Increase in Perinatal PTSD Diagnoses. Healio. May 2, 2024.
• Use of Most Contraceptive Methods Steadily Decreased From 2019 to 2022. Healio. April 23, 2024. 
• Supreme Court Likely to Preserve Access to Abortion Drug Mifepristone. Fox 5 DC. March 27, 2024.
• How a Shortage of Healthcare Workers Complicates Contraceptive Access. Upstream USA. March 11, 2024.
• Hospital Maternity Units are Closing Across Michigan. Michigan Independent. January 1, 2024.​

• Pharmacists Play an Important Role in Making Contraceptives Accessible. Public Health Newswire. November 15, 2023. 
• Maternal Care Deserts Overlap with Lack of Abortion Access, Analysis Shows. ABC. August 1, 2023.
• Medicaid Beneficiaries Often Lack Primary Care Access to Contraception, Especially LARC. Contraceptive Technology Update. July 1, 2023.​
• As Laws Restricting Health Care Surge, Some US Physicians Choose Between Fight or Flight. JAMA Medical News. May 17, 2023.
• Missouri is One of the Deadliest States for Giving Birth. Its Abortion Ban May Make That Worse. KCUR. March 12, 2023.
• Changes in the Clinical Workforce for Contraception and Abortion Care. Contemporary OBGYN. January 6, 2023.
• Reproductive Health Workforce May Look Different in 10 Years. Contraceptive Technology Update. January 1, 2023. 
• What Will Happen to the Reproductive Healthcare Workforce? Contraceptive Technology Update. January 1, 2023. 

• U.S. Seeing Loss of Physicians Providing Contraceptive Services, Study Suggests. Healthcare Dive. November 1, 2022. 
• Abortion Care Workforce Faces Biggest Crisis in Five Decades. Contraceptive Technology Update. September 1, 2022. 
• Analysis: The Long-Lasting Health Care Effects of Overturning Roe V. Wade. Spectrum News. June 24, 2022.
• The Reversal of Roe V. Wade Will Make Abortion More Expensive and Harder to Access. Marketplace. June 24, 2022.
• Some Clinics are Bracing for A Huge Influx of Patients if Roe V. Wade is Overturned. NPR. May 19, 2022.
• Roe V Wade Reversal Would Rock Ob/Gyn Residencies. Medscape. May 4, 2022. 
• Birth Control Methods Inaccessible to Some New Yorkers. Times Union. April 25, 2022.
• Does the US Have Enough Abortion Providers? Medscape. April 23, 2022.
• ​Few PCPs Provide Abortion Services in US, but New Care Strategy May Increase Their Role. Healio. April 23, 2022. 

• Contraception Workforce Varies Widely Across US. Healio. September 3, 2021.