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Beyond the Bench: The Battle for Medication Abortion Access

February 3, 2024April 3, 2024 majsteve 1330 Views International Affairs, public health

By: Alexandra Soos & Ishita Shukla   The U.S. is one of only four countries in the last 25 years to roll back abortion rights, having made the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022. Alongside Mexico, who decriminalized abortion nationally in late 2023, the U.S. is the only

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Maternal Opioid Use and Medicaid: How Social Workers and Policymakers Should Support Mothers and Newborns

June 8, 2020 mariatus 3100 Views public health

By: Courtney Morrison In 2014, approximately 32,000 babies were born with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), a disease which is categorized by a set of medical problems a baby experiences when withdrawing from exposure to narcotics post birth. Medicaid covers 82% of the costs for all babies born with this syndrome.

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