Center for Reproductive Health
Workforce & Policy Research

Dobbs V. Jackson Women's Health Organization

• Strasser J, Arora K, Beasley A, Buchbinder M, Sabbath EL, White K. State-Level Abortion Bans and the OBGYN Workforce: A Review of Current Evidence. JAMA Health Forum. May 2026. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2026.1184
• King L, Strasser J, Luckenbill S, Schenk E, Tsevat D, Maslowsky J. Adolescent and Young Adult Perspectives on Contraception Post-Dobbs: “The Next Closest Step to Having Control Over My Own Body”. Women’s Health Issues. May 2025. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2025.04.001
• Strasser J, Schenk E, Luckenbill S, Tsevat D, King L, Luo Q, Maslowsky J. Tubal Sterilization and Vasectomy Increased Among US Young Adults After the Dobbs Supreme Court Decision In 2022. Health Affairs. January 2025. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2024.00824
• Strasser J, Schenk E, Luo Q, Chen C. Lower OBGYN Supply in Abortion Ban States, Despite Minimal State-Level Changes in the 2 Years Post-Dobbs. Health Affairs Scholar. November 27, 2024. doi:10.1093/haschl/qxae162.
• Strasser J, Ouedraogo R, Baird S, Coast E. Global Workforce Implications of Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The Lancet. June 22, 2024. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00984-X.
• Strasser J, Schenk E, Luo Q, Bodas M, Murray M, Chen C. Contraception Usage and Workforce Trends Through 2022. JAMA Network Open. April 15, 2024. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.6044
• Strasser J, Chen C, Rosenbaum S, Schenk E, Dewhurst E. Penalizing Abortion Providers Will Have Ripple Effects Across Pregnancy Care. Health Affairs Forefront. May 3, 2022. doi:10.1377/forefront.20220503.129912

Medicaid Contraception Workforce

• Park YH, Luo Q, Luckenbill S, Griffin R, Gorak T, Strasser J. Distribution of Clinicians Providing Contraception Services to Medicaid Enrollees at Community Health Centers. Washington, DC: Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, George Washington University, October 2026.
• Park YH, Luo Q, Luckenbill S, Griffin R, Strasser J. Medicaid Enrollees’ Access to Contraceptive Services at Community Health Centers. JAMA Network Open. September 29, 2026. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.36320
• Strasser J, Gorak T, Luckenbill S, Park Y, Luo Q. Few Clinicians Provide a Wide Range of Contraceptive Methods to Medicaid Beneficiaries. HealthAffairs Scholar. January 2026. https://doi.org/10.1093/haschl/qxaf242
• White K, Dickman S, Strasser J, Simons, H. The Risks of Excluding Qualified Family Planning Centers from Medicaid. JAMA. August 13, 2025. doi:10.1001/jama.2025.12494
• Strasser J, Schenk E, Luo Q, Bodas M, Chen C. Training in Residency and Provision of Reproductive Health Service Provision Among Family Medicine Physicians. JAMA Network Open. August 23, 2023. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.30489
• Bodas M, Strasser J, Luo Q, Schenk E, Chen C. Association of Primary Care Physicians’ Individual- and Community-Level Characteristics with Contraceptive Service Provision to Medicaid Beneficiaries. JAMA Health Forum. March 17, 2023. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.0106

Abortion Workforce

• Strasser J, Gorak T, Griffin R, Luckenbill S, Schenk E, Luo Q. Mifepristone Provision Following Policy Shifts in 2022 & 2023. Contraception. June 28, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2026.111545
• Dobkin F, Strasser J, Pittman J, Salsberg E. Project 2025’s Labor and Reproductive Health Policies: Implications for the Health Workforce. Health Affairs Forefront. October 30, 2024. doi:10.1377/forefront.20241029.978531
• Strasser J, Ouedraogo R, Baird S, Coast E. Global Workforce Implications of Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Lancet. June 22, 2024. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00984-X.
• Strasser J, Schenk E, Luo Q, Bodas M, Chen C. Training in Residency and Provision of Reproductive Health Service Provision Among Family Medicine Physicians. JAMA Network Open. August 23, 2023. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.30489​
• Strasser J, Schenk E, Dewhurst E, Chen C. Changes in the Clinical Workforce Providing Contraception and Abortion Care in the US, 2019-2021. JAMA Network Open. November 1, 2022. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.39657
• ​​Strasser J, Chen C, Rosenbaum S, Schenk E, Dewhurst E. Penalizing Abortion Providers Will Have Ripple Effects Across Pregnancy Care. Health Affairs Forefront. May 3, 2022. doi:10.1377/forefront.20220503.129912
• ​Strasser J, Schenk E, Das K, et al. Workforce Providing Abortion Care and Management of Pregnancy Loss in the US. JAMA Internal Medicine. March 21, 2022. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.0223

Pharmacist Prescribing of Contraception

• Rak S, Strasser J, Schenk E, Steenland M. Contraceptives at the Counter: Pharmacists Prescribed a Fraction of Overall Contraceptives, 2022. Health Affairs. November 2025. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2025.00224.
• Strasser J, Schenk E. Prescribing Authority for Pharmacists Is Integral to Protecting Reproductive Health and Rights. Health Affairs Forefront. March 21, 2023. doi:10.1377/forefront.20230317.737754
• Schenk E, Chen C, Luo Q, Bodas M, Strasser J. Pharmacist Prescribing Contraception Could Increase Access: Evidence from 13 States (2019-2021). Washington, DC: Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, George Washington University, February 2023.
• ​​Strasser J, Schenk E, Chen C. Pharmacist Prescribing of Hormonal Contraception. Washington, DC: Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, George Washington University, December 2021.​

Contraceptive Usage Trends

• White K, Strasser J, Gipson J, Borrero S. Differences in Permanent Contraceptive Use in the United States by Demographic Characteristics. Contraception. March 24, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2026.111453
• Strasser J, Schenk E, Luo Q, Bodas M, Murray M, Chen C. Contraception Usage and Workforce Trends Through 2022. JAMA Network Open. April 15, 2024. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.6044
• Strasser J, Schenk E, Dewhurst E, Chen C. Changes in the Clinical Workforce Providing Contraception and Abortion Care in the US, 2019-2021. JAMA Network Open. November 1, 2022. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.39657

Specialty and Geographic Distribution

• Chen C, Strasser J, Banawa R, et al. Who is Providing Contraception Care in the United States? An Observational Study of the Contraception Workforce. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. August 18, 2021. doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2021.08.015​