Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

2023 Media (selected)

• Vox (Sarah Roberts): Is weed safe in pregnancy?
• Amanpour & Company (Katrina Kimport and Daniel Grossman): New Report: Abortion Bans Cause Serious Medical Harm to Patients
• MSNBC (Katrina Kimport): Post-Roe America: US Health Care Providers Struggling to Give Standard of Care in States with Abortion Bans
• Ms. Magazine (Aisha Mays). How anti-‘abortion trafficking’ laws actually *harm* youth trafficking survivors
• KQED (Jody Steinauer). To get abortion training, some medical students must leave their states—and come to California
• The Guardian (Kristin Simonson). ‘We weren’t meant to be criminals’: The gynecologists training out of state post-Roe
• WIRED (Jody Steinauer). States with abortion bans are losing a generation of ob-gyns
• Axios (Jody Steinauer). Medical residents must travel for abortion training post-Dobbs
• Scientific American (Jody Steinauer). One year after Dobbs, abortion bans are harming reproductive care, ob-gyns say
• Healthline (Josie Urbina). 1 in 3 US women lack access to abortion care after end of Roe
• San Jose Mercury News (Jody Steinauer). How to save the next generation of abortion doctors
• KCBS (Jennifer Kerns). Bay Area doctors are flying to the Midwest for abortion help
• Scripps News (Jody Steinauer). Ob-gyn training impacts starting to show one year post Dobbs
• PRHE Blog (Maricel Maffini): It's time to regulate chemicals as classes
• PRHE Blog (Courtney Cooper): Microplastics? More Like macro-problem
• PRHE Blog (PRHE): PFAS linked to lower birthweight
• PRHE Blog (PRHE): Briefing Capitol Hill on why EPA must use best available science
• PRHE Blog (PRHE): EPA moves to further limit deadly methylene chloride
• PRHE Blog (Swati Rayasam): The fox shouldn't guard the hen house
• Carole Joffe (Los Angeles Times): Doctors’ lesson for drug industry: Abortion wars are dangerous to ignore
• Ushma Upadhyay (Jezebel): Over 66,000 People in 6 Months Were Unable to Get Abortions in Their Home States Post-Roe
• Sarah Roberts (Axios): Study reveals bias in drug testing pregnant patients
• Daniel Grossman (Mother Jones): Health Care Without Mifepristone? “The Experience for Patients Is Going to Be Awful.”
• Carol Camlin (USCF Alumni): Carol Camlin, PhD, MPH, Postdoc Alum : Studying mobility and HIV in Africa while cultivating the next wave of researchers
• Ushma Upadhyay (KQED): As Legal Future of Abortion Pill Hangs in Balance, Virtual Clinics Remain Widely Used
• Healio (Katie Woodruff): New report highlights substantial decrease in number of abortions after Dobbs decision
• Fast Company (Diana Greene Foster): How the latest wave of abortion bans could deepen the wealth gap and make inequality worse
• Daniel Grossman (Yahoo News): Advocates fight for pregnant women to have access to abortion pill
• KTVU (Andrea Jackson): Voices for Changes: UCSF EMBRACE program aims to focus on Black Maternal Health
• Kristin Simons and Tania Basu Serna testified on AB 1646: https://twitter.com/UCSFBixby/status/1651348043940376578
• Josie Urbina testified on AB 576 https://twitter.com/UCSFBixby/status/1646254307506020352
• The Daily Beast (Jennifer Kerns). Abortion bans in the US created a human rights crisis.
• The Cap Times (Erica Somerson). Abortion ban results in undertrained physicians, more unwanted pregnancies.
• Ms. Magazine (Cynthia Harper). Young people don’t know their emergency contraception options.
• Scripps News (Josie Urbina). OB-GYNs explain how abortion drugs work.
• Axios (Sarah Roberts). Study reveals underlying racism in drug testing for pregnant patients.
• CalMatters (Jennifer Kerns). Supreme Court upholds approval of abortion pill—what it means for Californians.
• Healthline (Tania Basu Serna). Mifepristone: Will this common abortion pill stay legal?
• The New Yorker (Jody Steinauer). The disastrous potential of the Texas abortion pill ruling.
• San Francisco Chronicle (Josie Urbina). Medication abortions will be more painful without mifepristone.
• The Guardian (Sarah Roberts). She lost her child in a home birth. Prosecutors charged her with murder.
• Self (Josie Urbina). What to expect when you get the birth control implant placed.
• Rewire News Group (Tania Basu Serna). Social media ‘wellness’ influences peddle lies about birth control.
• Texas Observer (Kristin Simonson). Abortion training in Texas is vanishing.
• Los Angeles Times (Daniel Grossman): Opinion: Over-the-counter birth control pills would be life-changing for millions
• OPB (Lauren Ralph): Reproductive health care bill passes Oregon House, despite Republican delay tactics
• The 19^th (Daniel Grossman): Colorado becomes the first state to ban controversial abortion pill reversals
• The Nation (Andrea Becker and Ushma Upadhyay): The Future Is Telehealth Abortion—if We Can Protect It
• The New Yorker (Carole Joffe): The Problem with Planned Parenthood
• NPR (Daniel Grossman): The FDA considers first birth control pill without a prescription
• The New York Times (Dan Grossman): F.D.A. Advisers Weigh Allowing First U.S. Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill
• Scripps News (Carole Joffe): Utah bans abortion clinics; procedure still legal up to 18 weeks
• Office of Senator Nancy Skinner (Dan Grossman): Skinner Announces Bill to Protect Ca Medical Providers That Dispense Abortion or Gender-affirming Care Regardless of Their Patient’s Location
• Ms. Magazine (Cynthia Harper): Young People Don't Know Their Emergency Contraception Options
• High Country News (Leah Koenig, Andrea Becker): Navigating the new health-care deserts
• The New York Times (Ushma Upadhyay): Are Abortion Pills Safe? Here’s the Evidence.
• KUOW (Monica McLemore): Native, Black doulas say culturally specific birth care could help reduce high maternal death rates
• Inside EPA (Swati Rayasam): Environmentalists Press OMB For Methylene Chloride Ban In TSCA Rule
• Men's Health (Tracey Woodruff: How Toxic Is Your Body?
• Inside EPA (Nicholas Chartres): Stakeholders Voice Cautious Optimism On EPA’s Reworked IRIS Manual
• The New Lede (Tracey Woodruff): An” urgency to this” – Microplastics posing human health risks, report warns
• Science 2.0 (Tracey Woodruff): Mamavation: Sponsored Reviews Of Organic Food And 'Green' Products Target New Mothers
• Inside EPA (Nicholas Chartres): Academics Eye ‘Cumulative’ TSCA Reviews To Aid Microplastics Regulation
• Yahoo! Finance (Tracey Woodruff): NIH Study Links Low Birthweight to Prenatal Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Exposure
• The Washington Post (Tracey Woodruff):  In toxic Ohio derailment, other Americans see echoes of their fights
• The Sydney Morning Herald (Nicholas Chartres):We consume a credit card worth of plastic each week. What is it doing to our health?
• Inside EPA (Tracey Woodruff): Environmentalists, Allies Ask Lawmakers To Press EPA On TSCA Science
• NPR (Cynthia Harper): Fear of pregnancy: One teen's story in post-Roe America
• The Conversation (Tami Rowen): Anti-mifepristone court decisions rely on medical misinformation about abortion and questionable legal reasoning
• Time (Ushma Upadhyay): Advocates Urge Biden and FDA to Do More Ahead of Texas Abortion Pill Ruling
• NPR (Daniel Grossman): Newsom denounces Walgreens for saying it'd only dispense abortion pill in some states
• Yahoo (Antonia Biggs): Experts debunk 5 common myths about abortion
• Tradeoffs (Katrina Kimport): The Conservative Clash Over Abortion Bans
• NPR Morning Edition (Ushma Upadhyay): Why an ulcer drug could be the last option for many abortion patients
• Forbes (Leah Koenig): Women Less Keen To Get Pregnant Since The Pandemic Began, New Study Shows
• Yahoo (Daniel Grossman): Explaining Jessa Duggar Seewald's spontaneous abortion and dilation and curettage procedure
• BET (Monica McLemore): Op-Ed: How We Can Reimagine Black Maternal Health in the Changed Landscape of Dobbs
• The New York Times (Ushma Upadhyay): Where Restrictions on Abortion Pills Could Matter Most in the U.S.
• Rolling Stone (Ushma Upadhyay): Walgreens Says Its Hands Are Tied on the Abortion Pill. Experts Say That’s Not True
• Well and Good (Diana Greene Foster): How the Overturning of Roe v. Wade Stands To Financially Harm Women
• The San Francisco Chronicle (Dan Grossman): As Texas judge weighs abortion pill ban, here’s what’s at stake for California
• CNN (Ushma Upadhyay): How safe is the abortion pill compared with other common drugs
• AP (Carole Joffe): Utah bans abortion clinics in wave of post-Roe restrictions
• Tracey Woodruff (National Geographic): How 'everywhere chemicals' help uterine fibroids grow
• Tracey Woodruff (The New York Times): F.D.A. Proposes Limits for Lead in Baby Food
• Tracey Woodruff (Capital & Main): Southern California Regulators Let Industrial Polluters Exceed U.S. EPA Guidelines
• Ushma Upadhyay (Stat News): As a ban on one abortion pill looms, providers look to the other as a fallback. But that isn’t ideal
• Daniel Grossman (San Francisco Chronicle): A federal judge may ban a major abortion pill nationwide. Here’s what it would mean for California
• Monica McLemore (The Seattle Times): New UW program aims to expand training for abortion providers
• Life Hacker (Dan Grossman): Here’s How Long Abortion Pills Last
• Tampa Bay Times (Dan Grossman): More access to contraception increases abortion demand? No, that’s not right.
• Nature (Daniel Grossman): US lawsuit threatens access to abortion drug: the science behind the case
• States Newsroom (Daniel Grossman): Doctors recount ‘heart-wrenching’ stories in new study on medical care post-Roe
• Daniel Grossman (Fast Company): How the FDA’s new guidance will actually impact access to medication abortions
• Daniel Grossman (MedPage Today): Be Alert For Ectopic Pregnancy After Self-Managed Abortion
• Carole Joffe (NPR): With telehealth abortion, doctors have to learn to trust and empower patients
• Katrina Kimport (Yahoo News): Doctors say men are getting more vasectomies amid abortion restrictions nationwide
• PRHE Blog (PRHE): Are "Safe" Exposure Levels Really Safe?
• PRHE Blog (Julia Varshavsky): With chemicals that can harm you, one size does not fit all
• PRHE Blog (PRHE): Code OB: Urgent action on climate and toxic chemicals needed
• PRHE Blog (PRHE): Scientists recommend changes to chemical regulatory process
• Scripps News (Steph Herold): Hollywood is personifying abortion like never before
• Yahoo (Antonia Biggs): How does having an abortion — or being denied one — impact mental health? Experts explain.
• Grid News (Ushma Updahyay): FDA’s plan to let pharmacies dispense abortion pills has few takers so far
• Politico (Ushma Upadhyay): Next frontier in the abortion wars: Your local CVS
• CNN (Daniel Grossman): How a medication abortion, also known as an ‘abortion pill,’ works
• MedPage Today (Ushma Upadhyay): It Appears All the Cylinders Are Firing Within His Brain': What We Heard This Week
• American Progress (Katrina Kimport): Advancing Contraception Access in States Through One-Year Dispensing and Extended Supply Policies
• East Bay Times (Carole Joffe): Demand has quadrupled at some California abortion clinics since Roe fell
• Forbes (Ushma Upadhyay): New FDA Rules Make It Easier To Get Medication Abortion
• Los Angeles Times (Ushma Upadhyay): Op-Ed: Abortion pills in pharmacies are the future. But the FDA should do more to expand access
• The Nation (Daniel Grossman): The FDA’s Abortion Announcement Is Not What You Think

2022 Media (selected)

• Tracey Woodruff (Today): New study finds ‘widespread exposure’ to cancer-causing chemicals during pregnancy
• Tracey Woodruff (Inside EPA): Researcher Says ‘Prevalence’ Model Shows Flaws In TSCA Prioritization
• Rachel Sklar (California Health Report): Wildfire Smoke Is Hurting Pregnant People And Babies. Can California Cities Protect Them?
• Tracey Woodruff (The Hill): Voters want more protection from harmful chemicals: poll
• Tracey Woodruff (The Hill): Pregnant people exposed to cancer-linked chemicals in household items, dyes: study
• Tracey Woodruff (U.S. News & World Report): Pregnant Women Face Exposures to Dangerous Chemicals Daily
• Rewire (Lori Freedman): The Fight to Treat Patients at Catholic Hospitals
• Good Morning America (Gretchen Sisson): 6 months since Roe ruling, how the adoption landscape has changed
• Truthout (Monica McLemore): Post “Roe,” Advocates Fear for the Future of Contraceptive Self-Determination
• ANSIRH Abortion Onscreen in 2022 Report
• USA Today (Steph Herold): National reckoning on abortion transformed TV shows in 2022: Report finds more TV abortion plotlines than previous years
• Jezebel (Steph Herold): How TV Shows Changed Their Abortion Plotlines After Dobbs
• Yahoo News (Steph Herold): How TV Shows Tackled The End Of Roe v. Wade This Year — And What They Got Wrong
• New York Times (George Sawaya): Why Many Older Women Are Getting Pap Tests They Don't Need
• Connecticut Health I Team (Daisy Leon-Martinez): After Stillbirth, Undocumented Woman Organizes Partnership To Help Others Find Better Care
• Huffington Post (Diana Greene Foster): You Can’t Talk About The Economy Without Talking About Abortion
• University of California (Ushma Upadhyay): Model shows where women lost access to abortion after Dobbs
• The San Francisco Examiner (Carole Joffe, Josie Urbina): Abortion rights win in California as well as red states
• AP News (Carole Joffe): Mental crises excluded from some state abortion exemptions
• Jezebel (Steph Herold): Elizabeth Banks' New Film 'Call Jane' Will Be Screened at Abortion Clinics Across the U.S.
• FiveThirtyEight (Ushma Upadhyay): Overturning Roe Has Meant At Least 10,000 Fewer Legal Abortions
• CNN (Ushma Upadhyay): Travel time to abortion facilities grew significantly after Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade
• OPB (Katrina Kimport): Right to Life mailers make dubious claims about later in pregnancy abortions in Oregon
• NPR (Carole Joffe): Meeting abortion patients where they are: providers turn to mobile units
• Scientific American (Biftu Mengesha). The Supreme Court’s abortion ruling upholds white supremacy.
• New York Times (Ryan Residency Training Program). Ob-gyn residency programs face tough choice on abortion training.
• NowThis (Ashley Jeanlus). How papayas teach med students about abortion & reproductive care.
• HuffPost (Jennifer Kerns). What an early pregnancy looks like: Doctors explain viral photos.
• AP (Jody Steinauer). Abortion access looms over medical residency applications.
• STAT (Jody Steinauer). After Dobbs, US medical students head abroad for abortion training.
• Vice (Kristin Simonson). What happens when doctors don’t learn how to do abortions?
• CalMatters (Ina Park, Dominika Seidman). Congenital syphilis surges across California.
• Healthline (Jennifer Kerns). Planned Parenthood launches mobile clinic to improve abortion access.
• Kaiser Health News (Dilys Walker). Abortion bans skirt a medical reality: For many teens, childbirth is a dangerous undertaking.
• The American Prospect (Jody Steinauer). Abortion doctors under a microscope.
• San Francisco Chronicle (Ushma Upadhyay). How many abortion-seekers are actually traveling to California?
• SF Examiner (Tania Basu Serna). Why is Newsom getting into a fight between states over abortion access?
• The Washington Post (Steph Herold): Talking fetus in ‘Blonde’ adds to ‘antiabortion propaganda,’ critics say
• Vice (Steph Herold): The New Marilyn Monroe Movie Gets Basically Everything Wrong About Abortion
• The New York Times (Daniel Grossman): Risking Everything to Offer Abortions Across State Lines
• Newsweek (Steph Herold): Expert Slams 'Blonde' for 'Violent, Exploitative Portrayal' of Abortion
• NBC News (Carole Joffe, Ushma Upadhyay): At least 66 clinics in 15 states have stopped providing abortions since Dobbs, analysis finds
• Yahoo News (Ushma Upadhyay): How to Get the Morning-After Pill or Abortion Medication
• AP News (Katrina Kimport): California to vote on constitutional right to abortion
• The New York Times (Diana Greene Foster): How Being Denied an Abortion Affects Women
• Fox 19 (Gretchen Sisson): In the post-Roe v. Wade era, adoption is still not substitute for abortion, experts say
• MarketWatch (Ushma Upadhyay): How do you get the morning-after pill, and how much does it cost?
• Scientific American (Jennifer Ko): These Drugs Could Restore a Period before Pregnancy Is Confirmed
• NBC News (Lee-may Chen): What to know about gynecologic cancers' risks, symptoms and treatment
• AJPH (Ushma Upadhyay, Diana Greene Foster): Reproductive Rights After The Supreme Court Decision On Dobbs v. Jackson
• KJZZ (Katrina Kimport): Why some women seek out abortion care in their second or third trimester
• NPR 1A (Gretchen Sisson): Anti-abortion authorities are touting ‘baby boxes’ as an alternative to abortion. Who uses them?
• Politico (Ushma Upadhyay): Galvanized by Dobbs, more doctors are distributing abortion pills by mail
• BBC News (Daniel Grossman): US abortion bans leave grey areas in complicated pregnancies
• Yahoo (Lauren Ralph): Lindsey Graham’s Proposed National Abortion Ban is a Warning Shot
• Elle (Bifty Mengesha & Jody Steinauer). Could an abortion ban put your life in danger?
• Roll Call (Jody Steinauer). Medical schools, students review training amid abortion bans.
• Reuters (Carole Joffe). US clinic scramble as courts, politicans battle over abortion restrictions.
• Ms. Magazine (Melissa Rosenstein). Policing pregnancy: Supreme court abortion ruling ratchets up women’s fears of prosecution.
• Washington Post (Kristin Simonson). Post-Roe, some areas may lose OB/GYNs if medical students can’t get training.
• The Conversation (Lauren Ralph): When abortion at a clinic is not available, 1 in 3 pregnant people say they will do something on their own to end the pregnancy
• The Conversation (Katrina Kimport): What to know about the costs of traveling for abortion care in the US – here’s what I learned from talking to hundreds of women who’ve sought abortions
• UCSF News (Ushma Upadhyay): Speaker Pelosi Leads UCSF Panel to Support Women’s Health Equality
• Salon (Diana Greene Foster): I’ve studied what happens to women when they are denied abortion — and it’s not good
• Vox (Gretchen Sisson, Steph Herold): Why Hollywood keeps getting abortion wrong
• Prism (Daniel Grossman): Abortion pill reversal is a myth driven by the anti-abortion agenda
• Dallas Observer (Carole Joffe): Despite Legislation and Funding, Texas Still Has Thousands of Untested Rape Kits
• KCBS Radio (Diana Greene Foster): Vast majority of women say their abortion was the right decision: Study
• Biftu Mengesha wrote about how all healthcare workers have a professional and ethical obligation to step up in response to the abortion access crisis in Ms. Magazine.
• Christine Dehlendorf called on primary care providers to step up in response to the end of Roe and integrate abortion care in their practicesin Rewire News Group.
• Katherine Brown talked about the impact of overturning Roe on Black abortion providers in NBC News.
• Flor Hunt and Suzan Goodman talked about barriers to abortion training for nurse-midwives in the Los Angeles Times.
• Lori Freedman and Jody Steinauer talked about why medical emergency exceptions to abortion bans aren’t enough in Vox.
• Meg Autry talked about her plans to build a floating reproductive health clinic in federal waters on Rachel Maddow.
• Jennifer Kerns shared what she’s seeing when she travels to a clinic that treats people from Texas in Scientific American.
• Gretchen Sisson responded to Justice Alito’s claims about adoption in the opinion overturning Roe in the Washington Post.  
• Ushma Upadhyay shared how California is preparing for out-of-state abortion patients in the New York Times.
• Andréa Becker wrote about the dangers of politicizing reproductive health care in Slate.
• Mai Fleming talked about the promise and limits of telemedicine abortionin Vogue.
• Rachel Logan discussed new research showing that pregnant people of color are more likely to get procedures they didn’t consent to in the Los Angeles Times.
• Tania Basu Serna cleared up confusion about Plan B and medication abortion in Today.
• Karen Meckstroth talked about the chilling effect of criminalizing abortion on miscarriage care in Roll Call.
• Tania Basu Serna discussed unnecessary barriers to medication abortionin the San Francisco Chronicle.
• Daniel Grossman fact-checked anti-abortion attempts to redefine abortion in Politifact.
• Katrina Kimport explained the role of crisis pregnancy centers in the anti-abortion movement on KCRW.
• Gretchen Sisson discussed the Abortion Onscreen project in the San Francisco Chronicle.
• Cynthia Harper and Suzan Goodman talked about the different kinds of emergency contraception in NPR.
• Tania Basu Serna highlighted some of the obstacles that may impact people traveling to California for abortion care in Courthouse News.
• Monica McLemore talked about the impact of criminalizing abortion on Black birthing people in the Washington Post.  
• Vox made a video featuring ANSIRH’s Turnaway Study and how abortion bans make inequality worse.
• Tania Basu Serna talked about how providers are facing a post-Roe America in Prism.
• Washington Post (Jennifer Kerns). Dobbs ruling scrambles abortion training.
• San Francisco Business Times (Tania Basu Serna). Could Northern California see an uptick in patients seeking abortions?
• Scientific American (Jennifer Kerns). Abortion restrictions could cause an ob-gyn brain drain.
• Ms. Magazine (Biftu Mengesha). In absence of Roe, healthcare providers have a professional and ethical duty to step up.
• NBC News (Katie Brown). Black abortion providers wonder what’s next for them after Roe v. Wade.
• Bloomberg Law (Jody Steinauer). Abortion ruling pits state bans against ob-gyn training rules.
• The Guardian (Eleanor Drey). California abortion clinics braced for out-of-state surge as bans kick in.
• USA Today (Jody Steinauer). Abortion bans could leave close to half of US obstetrics residents with inadequate training.
• Reuters (Jennifer Kerns). In post-Roe US, abortion providers seek licenses across state lines.
• Yahoo News (Tania Basu Serna). Clinics in states with highest rate of abortion plan to be flooded with new patients.
• Axios (Jody Steinauer). Abortion training set to change after Dobbs decision.
• Roll Call (Karen Meckstroth). Biden administration says pharmacists cannot deny contraceptives.
• CNN (Jody Steinauer). Doctors worry that online misinformation will push abortion-seekers toward ineffective, dangerous methods.
• Health (Eleanor Drey). How abortion funds provide critical support in a post-Roe world.
• The Tennessean (Kristin Simonson). Ob-gyn residency programs face new challenges as states enforce bans.
• Roll Call (Karen Meckstroth). Roe reversal spurs worries about miscarriage care.
• New York Times (Ushma Upadhyay). California expects surge in out-of-state abortion patients.
• Bloomberg (Jody Steinauer). Abortion bans are limiting what some doctors and med students are taught.
• Insider Higher Ed (Jeannette Lager). Medical schools adapt to the Dobbs abortion decision.
• Today (Tania Basu Serna). Plan B & the abortion pill: How are they different?
• Courthouse News (Tania Basu Serna). Longtime obstacles to abortion access may thwart people coming to California for care.
• Vox (Lori Freedman and Jody Steinauer). What happens if a woman needs an abortion for an ectopic pregnancy now?
• Mercury News (Jody Steinauer). California abortion centers see surge of out-of-state patients to ‘sanctuary state.’
• NPR (Cynthia Harper). Emergency contraception pills are safe and effective, but not always available.
• NPR (Cynthia Harper). Emergency contraception: How it works, how effective it is, and how to get it.
• Vox (Cynthia Harper). What to know about birth control in post-Roe America.
• The American Prospect (Jody Steinauer). The insidious attack on the training of ob/gyn residents.
• Popular Science (Jennifer Kerns). What is a life-saving abortion? States argue post-Roe.
• Los Angeles Times (Meg Autry, Lori Freedman, Vanessa Jacoby, Jody Steinauer). How UC betrays its doctors, students and patients on abortion.
• KQED Forum (Gretchen Sisson): Birth Mothers Share Their Adoption Experiences
• Los Angeles Times (Katrina Kimport): Abortions are widely available in California, but not for these women
• The American Prospect (Steph Herold): Hollywood’s Role in Stigmatizing Abortion
• The Guardian (Diana Greene Foster): The profound, long-lasting costs of banning abortion – a comic
• Truthout (Ushma Upadhyay): How to Access Abortion Pills by Mail — and What to Know When You Do
• NPR (Carole Joffe): After Roe: A New Battlefield
• MIT Technology Review (Daniel Grossman): Where to get abortion pills and how to use them
• UCSF Magazine (Carole Joffe, Daniel Grossman, Diana Greene Foster, Ushma Upadhyay): Preparing for a Post-Roe America
• Glamour (Diana Greene Foster): 39 Celebrities Who Have Had Abortions—And Spoken Out About Them
• Bloomberg (Gretchen Sisson): Adoption Is Not a Substitute for Abortion
• Marketplace (Diana Greene Foster): Roe v. Wade has been overturned. What happens now?
• The Chronicle of Higher Education (Carole Joffe): Supreme Court Ruling Will Upend Reproductive Rights for College Students and Complicate Medical Training
• Everyday Health (Katie Woodruff): 5 Things Health Experts Want You to Know About Abortion Bans
• Reuters (Antonia Biggs): Analysis: Abortion pills over the counter? Experts see big hurdles in widening U.S. access
• Bloomberg Law (Nicholas Chartres): EPA Criticized for How It Selects Data to Evaluate Chemical Risk
• Washington Post (Katie Brown). In abortion debate, echoes of another battle: Reproductive rights for Black women.
• The Cut (Karen Meckstroth). What to do about feeling pain at the gynecologist’s office.
• Time (Innovating Education in Reproductive Health. Inside the effort to expand abortion pill access.
• New Yorker (Jody Steinaue, Meg Autry). What the end of Roe v. Wade will mean for the next generation of obstetricians.
• Insider (Ashley Jeanlus). How and when to have sex after an abortion.
• KCBS (Jody Steinauer). What the overturning of Roe v. Wade could mean for doctors.
• Remarkable People (Jennifer Kerns). Jennifer Kerns.
• Politico (Diana Greene Foster): Six Predictions About the End of Roe, Based on Research
• Forbes (Diana Greene Foster): How Overturning Roe V. Wade Can Impact The Economy
• USA Today (Carole Joffe): Abortion opponents less accepting of rape and incest as 'exceptions.' What changed?
• Huffington Post (Ushma Upadhyay): What You Need To Know About Using Your Company’s Abortion Benefits
• NBC News/Now Tonight with Joshua Johnson (Diana Greene Foster): Abortion Rights: Sharing Your Stories
• The Nation (Katrina Kimport): What This Later-Abortion Story Tells Us About a Post-Roe Future
• Slate (Steph Herold): Movies That Depict Abortion Shouldn’t Leave Out the Money Part
• Allure (Corinne Rocca): Abortion Doesn't Fuck Up Our Mental Health. Losing the Right to It Will.
• The New York Times (Carole Joffe): Turning Pregnant Women and Doctors Into Criminals
• Medpage Today (Ushma Upadhyay): A Streamlined Model for Medication Abortion Access
• MSNBC (Diana Greene Foster): The landmark study that explores what happens to women denied abortions
• The Conversation (Daniel Grossman): What is a medication, or medical, abortion? 5 questions answered by 3 doctors
• The New York Times (Andréa Becker): Men Benefit From Abortion. Why Do We Mostly Study Women?
• JPHMP Direct (Claudia Zaugg and Sarah Roberts): What Should Public Health And Health Department Professionals Do In Preparation For Roe V. Wade Falling?
• Society of Family Planning (Ushma Upadhyay): A Safe Abortion That Works for You
• PRHE blog (PRHE): EPA must improve its TSCA systematic review method, scientific review say again
• PRHE blog (Tracey Woodruff): Decades of research document the detrimental health effects of BPA
• PRHE blog (PRHE): Exploring how historic redlining impacts health and environment today
• PRHE blog (PRHE): Exposed: How to avoid harmful chemicals
• PRHE blog (PRHE): Longterm study of pregnant women finds increasing chemical exposure
• PRHE blog (PRHE): Epa can require chemical data on PFAS risks. Why isn't it?
• PRHE blog (PRHE): Surviving extreme heat: a climate crisis project
• USA Today (Carole Joffe): Illegal abortions: Before Roe, women risked death, danger, deception
• Vox (Ushma Upadhyay): Will philanthropists step up in a world without Roe?
• The Conversation (Katrina Kimport): Less than 1% of abortions take place in the third trimester – here’s why people get them
• AOL/Yahoo Finance (Diana Greene Foster): Abortion and finances: The economic consequences of overturning Roe v. Wade
• The Boston Globe (Daniel Grossman): Make abortion pills available over the counter
• ProPublica (Tracey Woodruff): She’s Supposed to Protect Americans From Toxic Chemicals. First, She Just Has to Fix Trump’s Mess and Decades of Neglect.
• Capital & Main (Tracey Woodruff): California Grapples With Regulation of Known Carcinogen Ethylene Oxide
• Chemical Watch (Tracey Woodruff): EPA should ditch TSCA systematic review protocol for IRIS alternative, say scientists, NGOs
• The Hill (Ushma Upadhyay): Medication abortion can be dispensed without an ultrasound or physical exam, study finds
• Politico (Ushma Upadhyay): Abortion advocates’ strategy depends on pills. An information gap threatens their efforts.
• CalMatters (Sarah Roberts): Stillbirths and the law: Bill would end coroner investigations of lost pregnancies
• CalMatters (Ushma Upadhyay): How California created the nation’s easiest abortion access — and why it’s poised to go further
• The Washington Post (Diana Greene Foster): Women denied abortion struggled more financially after, study shows
• Scientific American (Diana Greene Foster): Overturning Roe v. Wade Could Have Devastating Health and Financial Impacts, Landmark Study Showed,
• Teen Vogue and MSN (Diana Greene Foster): Advocates on Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court Leak, and What Comes Next for Abortion Rights
• KCRW (Ushma Upadhyay): Quickly providing more abortion services in CA will be daunting
• Fortune (Ushma Upadhyay): Abortions were already getting more expensive. Now, with the Supreme Court poised to weigh in, they’re likely to get even pricier
• Los Angeles Times (Daniel Grossman): Abortion pills: A post-Roe game changer — and the next battleground
• KQED (Daniel Grossman): California Doctors, Activists Rush to Provide Abortion Services Out of State if Roe Overturned
• Jody Steinauer (Los Angeles Times). Texas gives us a glimpse into a world without abortion training.
• Bria Peacock, Jody Steinauer (San Francisco Examiner). Doctors are concerned about a post Roe v. Wade world.
• Heather Huddleston (Insider). Abortion-ban ‘trigger laws’ with ‘very broad language about when life begins’ could disrupt fertility care at a time when rates are declining, experts say.
• Jema Turk (Grid). Your ob-gyn might miss out on critical training in a post-Roe world.
• Jody Steinauer (The Guardian). ‘A severe chilling effect’: abortion bans will inhibit doctors’ advice to patients, experts fear.
• Heather Huddleston (Kron 4). Infertility doctor speaks on impact of Roe v. Wade potentially being overturned.
• Carole Joffe, Jody Steinauer (San Francisco Examiner). The San Franciscans who pioneered safe and legal abortions.
• Jody Steinauer (Medscape). Roe v. Wade reversal would rock ob/gyn residencies.
• Jennifer Kerns (Huffpost). What doctors want you to know about abortion right now.
• Science Friday (Ushma Upadhyay): Abortion Pills Are Used For Most U.S. Abortions. What Are They?
• BBC World Business Report (Diana Greene Foster): World Business Report
• Marketplace (Diana Greene Foster): Limited abortion access could threaten women’s role in the economy
• The Today Show (Corinne Rocca): Being denied an abortion harms mental health more than getting one, research shows
• The New York Times (Katrina Kimport): Where Does the Anti-Abortion Movement Go After Roe?
• Politico (Daniel Grossman): A scramble for telemedicine abortion
• CNN (Lauren Ralph): How outlawing abortion could worsen America's maternal mortality crisis
• Salon (Carole Joffe): This is what it was like trying to get an abortion in the United States before 1973
• PRHE Blog: EPA needs to fix its rules for identifying health effects under TSCA
• PRHE Blog: Where did all the evidence go?
• 'Politifact (Daniel Grossman): How an unproven abortion ‘reversal’ treatment has advanced in the US
• AP News (Diana Greene Foster): Social programs weak in many states with tough abortion laws
• The 19^th (Ushma Upadhyay): Medication abortions — the most common method of ending a pregnancy — are growing significantly more expensive
• Time (Ushma Upadhyay): Republican States Crack Down on Access to Abortion Pills as Supreme Court Decision Looms
• FiveThirtyEight (Daniel Grossman): What Americans Can Expect If Abortion Pills Become Their Only Safe Option
• MedPageToday (Ushma Upadhyay): Early Abortions Are Getting More Expensive
• Associated Press (Jody Steinauer, Carole Joffe and Philip Darney): growing vocal support for abortion care among ob-gyns
• Texas Monthly (Ushma Upadhyay) research on the safety of telemedicine abortion.
• The Takeaway (Monica McLemore) solutions to improve Black maternal and child health care.
• Bixby members joined more than 1,000+ abortion providers and people who’ve had abortions calling for urgent action to ensure abortion access.
• NBC News (Dan Grossman) surge in requests for at-home medication abortion in Texas
• Time (Ushma Upadhyay) how medication abortion can remove barriers
• The Body (Deb Cohan) addressing power differentials and racism in HIV care
• The Nation (Katrina Kimport) we need to do more than protect Roe
• Contemporary OB/GYN (Alison El Ayadi) dual burden of low birthweight and maternal morbidity varies by type of health insurance
• PRHE Blog: "I Swear I've Changed" – US EPA
• NPR One (Ushma Upadhyay): Several states are proposing new restrictions on abortion pills
• Vox (Daniel Grossman): The FDA made mail-order abortion pills legal. Access is still a nightmare.
• Everyday Health (Ushma Upadhyay): Abortion Pills Are Safe Without In-Person Exams
• Texas Monthly (Ushma Upadhyay): Texas Aimed to Ban Abortion Pills—But the Law Has Had Little Effect
• The Conversation (Ushma Upadhyay): Abortion pills are just as safe to prescribe based on a patient’s medical history as after an in-person exam, new research finds
• HealthDay (Ushma Upadhyay): Ultrasounds, Exams Unnecessary Before Receiving Abortion Pill: Study
• GBHNews (Ushma Upadhyay): Telehealth abortion is 'revolutionizing' service in some states, including Mass.
• ANSIRH research: The Google Ads Abortion Access Study
• HotFlash Report Podcast (Carole Joffe): HotFlash Report on Abortion
• PRHE Blog: Occupational health professionals key to TSCA protections
• PRHE Blog: FIGO study: Dietary changes can reduce exposure to EDCs
• AP News (Carole Joffe): Amid abortion rights threat, OB-GYNs more vocal with support
• The Takeaway with Melissa Harris-Perry (Monica McLemore): How the Pandemic Deepened Maternal Health Disparities for Black Women
• Femtastic (Lauren Ralph): The Meaning of a 6-Week Ban on Abortion
• The Nation (Katrina Kimport): We Need to Do More Than “Protect Roe”
• Time (Ushma Upadhyay): Abortion Pill Use Spikes As States and Courts Restrict Access
• NBC News (Daniel Grossman): At-home abortion medication requests soared after Texas restrictions
• The New York Times (Antonia Biggs): Abortion Opponents Hear a ‘Heartbeat.’ Most Experts Hear Something Else.
• AP News (Gretchen Sisson): Abortion rights funds brace for impact ahead of court ruling
• Bloomberg Businessweek (Daniel Grossman): The Abortion Pill Is Safer Than Tylenol and Almost Impossible to Get
• Ms. Magazine (Antonia Biggs): Most People Want Over-the-Counter Abortion Pills, New Study Find
• Prism (Cynthia Gutierrez). Envisioning systems where people are supported, not policed.
• Salon (Stephanie Gaw): The pandemic is almost over unless you're pregnant
• SF Chronicle (Stephanie Gaw): The greatest danger of covid in pregnancy is not to baby but to mom
• Fortune (Stephanie Gaw): What we know about COVID antibodies in breast milk
• PRHE Blog: EPA uses systematic reviews to guide new PFAS drinking water standards
• The Takeaway (Katie Woodruff): Abortion Is Under Attack on a Statewide Level
• Kaiser Family Foundation/Greater Than COVID (Monica McLemore): New FAQ Video Series Focuses on Pregnancy, Fertility and the COVID-19 Vaccines
• Grid News (Diana Greene Foster, Ushma Upadhyay): We already know what a post-Roe v. Wade nation will look like. Here’s the data.
• The American Independent (Lauren Ralph): New study exposes flaws in GOP demands for medically unnecessary ultrasounds
• The New York Times (Diana Greene Foster): Anti-Abortion Marchers Gather With an Eye on the Supreme Court
• KCBS Radio (Arianna Cassidy): Those who are pregnant and unvaxxed and more likely to be hospitalized
• PRHE Blog: Prenatal exposure to PFAS and PBDE chemicals linked to greater risk of preterm birth
• UCSF Magazine (Tami Rowen): What You Didn't Learn in School About Sexual Health
• Rewire News Group (Gretchen Sisson): Adoption Agencies vs. ‘Roe’: The Invisible Hand Stirring the Pot
• NPR (Diana Greene Foster): Americans are divided on abortion. The Supreme Court may not wait for minds to change
• The New York Times (Carole Joffe, Lori Freedman): In Medicine, a Lack of Courage Has Helped Put Roe in Jeopardy
• Glamour (Diana Greene Foster): What Happens to Women Who Are Denied Abortion? Here Are the Stats
• UCSF News (CRS investigators): Looking to the Cell's Power Generators for the Clues to Depression

2021 Media (selected)

• Rewire News Group (Eleanor Drey): I Provided Abortions While the Supreme Court Argued Over ‘Roe v. Wade’
• The Washington Post (Carole Joffe): Failing to embed abortion care in mainstream medicine made it politically vulnerable
• Springfield News-Sun (Ushma Upadhyay): If region’s abortion clinics close under new Ohio law, would create ‘abortion desert'
• PRHE Blog: 2021 Big Visions, Bigger Accomplishments
• ANSIRH research: Abortion Onscreen 2021
• The New York Times (Ushma Upadhyay): Who Gets Abortions in America?
• Huffington Post (Steph Herold): More TV Shows Are Telling Abortion Stories. But They Often Don’t Reflect Reality.
• Ms. Magazine (Sarah Raifman): The FDA Is Moving To Align With Science and Expand Abortion Access
• The Nation (Daniel Grossman): The FDA Didn’t Liberate Abortion—but We Still Can
• MTV (Steph Herold): Need To Know: Abortion and the Uncertain Future of Roe v. Wade
• The New York Times (Diana Greene Foster): What Happens When It’s Too Late to Get an Abortion
• Bloomberg Law (Daniel Grossman): Demand for Abortion Pill Access Rises With Roe on Precipice
• Public Health Post (Leah Koenig, Ushma Upadhyay): Virtual Clinics Offer Safe and Effective Abortion Care
• NBC News (Diana Greene Foster): What happens when a woman is denied an abortion
• The Washington Post (Gretchen Sisson): Barrett is wrong: Adoption doesn’t ‘take care of’ the burden of motherhood
• The Washington Post (Carole Joffe): This doctor commutes 800 miles to provide abortion services in underserved communities
• PRHE Blog: Holding EPA accountable for its scientific methods
• PRHE Blog: Unlocking environmental mysteries to cancer and endometriosis
• Daily Kos (Daniel Grossman): Mail-Order Abortion is Safe and Feasible, Study Finds
• TODAY Parents (Gretchen Sisson): Cecily Strong's 'clown abortion' SNL sketch prompts women to share their stories
• Current Affairs (Carole Joffe): The Obstacle Course Facing Those Seeking Abortions
• Jezebel (Daniel Grossman): You Can Now Order Abortion Pills Before You're Pregnant in All 50 States
• Nature Portfolio (Diana Greene Foster): Why hundreds of scientists are weighing in on a high-stakes US abortion case
• Forbes (Daniel Grossman): As FDA Considers Easing Medication Abortion Restrictions, New Study Finds Patients Prefer Flexibility
• Stat News (Daniel Grossman): Most women had no issues obtaining abortion pill from mail-order pharmacies
• Program on Reproductive Health & the Environment (Blog): World’s OBGYNs say climate crisis threatens human reproduction and urge action on fossil fuels
• Program on Reproductive Health & the Environment (Blog): Behind the Scenes: Meet 3 young scientists working to protect you from toxic chemicals
• The Atlantic (Gretchen Sisson): The New Question Haunting Adoption
• Jezebel (Daniel Grossman): You Can Now Order Abortion Pills Before You're Pregnant in All 50 States
• The New York Times (Daniel Grossman): What if You Had Abortion Pills in Your Medicine Cabinet?
• Everyday Health (Lauren Ralph and Ushma Upadhyay): Abortion Controversy Heats Up
• Time (Daniel Grossman): How Texas’ Abortion Ban Will Lead to More At-Home Abortions
• Los Angeles Times (Ushma Upadhyay and Monica McLemore): Californians have legal rights to abortion, but getting one can be difficult
• The Daily Show (Diana Greene Foster): What Happens When a State Bans Abortions? - If You Don’t Know, Now You Know | The Daily Show
• The Takeaway with Melissa Harris-Perry (Monica McLemore): What is the Black Maternal Health Momnibus?
• Jody Steinauer & Diana Greene Foster (Salon). A do-it-yourself IUD removal trend is either macabre or empowering, depending on who you ask
• Vanity Fair (ANSIRH Research): Mississippi attorney general says overturning roe v. Wade will give women “amazing” choices
• San Francisco Chronicle (Carole Joffe): 'Mad as hell': Hundreds march in San Francisco for reproductive rights
• The Hollywood Reporter (Steph Herold & Gretchen Sisson): Abortion in Film: THR Critics Recommend 12 Movies to Revisit
• ABC News (Ushma Upadhyay): Texas abortion ban puts spotlight on medication abortions
• Everyday Health (Lauren Ralph and Ushma Upadhyay): Abortion Controversy Heats Up
• Time (Daniel Grossman): How Texas’ Abortion Ban Will Lead to More At-Home Abortions
• Stat News (Monica McLemore): ‘Health equity tourists’: How white scholars are colonizing research on health disparities
• NBC News (Diana Greene Foster): 'Lifelong consequences': What happens to people who can't get abortions
• The New York Times (Carole Joffe): Even Texas Allows Abortions to Protect a Woman’s Life. Or Does It?
• Salon (Ushma Upadhyay): Telemedicine options for abortion are here to stay
• Los Angeles Times (Daniel Grossman): Op-Ed: UC betrays its values when it partners with Catholic hospitals that restrict care
• CalMatters (Sarah Roberts): Cost shouldn’t impede access to abortion for Californians
• Los Angeles Times (Lori Freedman): Column: UC regents appear poised to surrender to Catholic healthcare restrictions
• Salon (ANISRH Research): From "Plan B" to "Grandma," 5 abortion road trip movies that reflect our frustrating reality
• The American Independent (ANSIRH Research): Amid attacks on abortion rights, more look to manage care without medical help
• Ms. Magazine (ANSIRH Research): Abortion in a Post-Roe World? “People Are Resilient and Resourceful”
• Marie Claire (Steph Herold): We Need to See More Parents Having Abortions in Film and Television
• WWNO (Sarah Roberts): Study: Abortions In Louisiana Dropped By Nearly One-Third During The Early Months Of The Pandemic
• Insider (Gretchen Sisson and Steph Herold): The best abortion portrayals in TV and movies according to experts, from 'The Bold Type' to 'Bridgerton'
• Business Insider (Carole Joffe): Mississippi asks the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in upcoming abortion case
• Detroit Free Press (Lori Freedman): ACLU intervenes after pregnant Oakland County woman is denied tubal ligation
• Massive Science (ANSIRH Research): Most patients prefer to access abortion medication from pharmacists instead of clinics
• The New York Times (ANSIRH Research): How the Pandemic Changed Abortion Access
• Gizmodo (Ushma Upadhyay): Abortions Prescribed Virtually Are Safe and Effective, Study Finds
• Ms. Magazine (Ushma Upadhyay): New Study Shows Online Abortion Services Are Safe and Effective: “Telehealth Medication Abortion is the Future”
• Salon (Diana Greene Foster): Why the Hyde Amendment and other barriers to reproductive care lead to more domestic violence
• mHealthIntelligence (Ushma Upadhyay): New UCSF Study Touts Effectiveness of Telemedicine Abortions
• The Hill (Daniel Grossman): Texas emerges as new battleground in abortion fight
• Medpage Today (Daniel Grossman): Texas Law Banning Abortions at 6 Weeks Goes Into Effect
• The Cut (Katie Woodruff): The Way We Talk About Abortion Is Part of the Problem
• NBC News (Daniel Grossman): Texas' abortion crisis proves the abortion pill needs to be in every drug store
• The New York Times (Daniel Grossman): What the Texas Abortion Law Means for California
• CNN (Diana Greene Foster): Why Texas's strict abortion law is terrible for the economy
• Quartz (Monica McLemore: Why midwifery isn’t being taught at America’s Black colleges
• Los Angeles Times (Daniel Grossman): Op-Ed: We need two laws to ensure reproductive choice for all Californians
• CNN (Jennifer Kerns). Fact check: Texas abortion law doesn’t give full 6 weeks to get an abortion.
• Healthline (Jennifer Kerns). Texas abortion law: what is a fetal heartbeat if an embryo doesn’t have a heart?
• Evidence Based Birth (Monica McLemore): EBB 187 – Advocacy for Postpartum Medicaid Extension Coverage with Dr. Monica McLemore and Dr. Jamila K. Taylor
• mHealthIntelligence (Daniel Grossman): Federal Judge Shoots Down Indiana’s Ban on Telemedicine Abortions
• WebMD (PRHE) Workers’ Deaths From Paint Stripping Chemicals Are on the Rise
• C&EN (PRHE) Methylene chloride-related deaths undercounted by US EPA, study says
• Medscape (Tracey Woodruff) 55 New Chemicals Found in Pregnant Women, Their Newborns
• NPR (PRHE) Overwork Killed More Than 745,000 People In A Year, WHO Study Finds
• Forbes (PRHE) Working 55+ Hours A Week Kills 745,000 People A Year – The Covid Pandemic, Gig Economy And Teleworking May Be Making It Worse, WHO Warns
• Ms. Mayhem (Tracey Woodruff) The harmful myth of vaginal cleansing