Media
For media inquiries, please contact GW Media Relations and reference the Reproductive Health Workforce Study and Dr. Julia Strasser.
2026
- Restricted Abortion Access Boosts Perceived Value and Demand for Contraception Among U.S. College Women. Gilmore Health News. January 4, 2026.
2025
- With Rights and Resources Uncertain, They’re Seeking Sterilization. The New York Times. December 17, 2025.
- 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.
2024
- 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.
2023
- 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.
2022
- 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.
2021
- Contraception Workforce Varies Widely Across US, Healio. September 3, 2021.