Iowa women less likely to access birth control since Roe v. Wade overturned
New research has found contraceptive access in Iowa was negatively affected after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Since the 2022 decision, women in Iowa and in three other states saw an overall decline in access to contraceptives and reported a drop in the quality of the care they did receive, according to a new study from the Guttmacher Institute, a research nonprofit that supports legal access to abortion and contraceptives.
According to the researchers behind the study, access to abortion and other types of reproductive health care, including birth control, go hand and hand. When the U.S. Supreme Court opened the door to states to enact restrictions on abortion within their jurisdiction, it also had has consequences on other health care.
“We interpret these findings as demonstrating that the sexual and reproductive health care system is really being constrained in its ability to meet people's broad sexual and reproductive health needs,” said Megan Kavanaugh, co-author of the study and principal research scientist at Guttmacher.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/health/2024/03/18/birth-control-access-in-iowa-has-been-hurt-by-roe-v-wade-ruling/72945162007/
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to access abortions, right? Am I missing something? 
