DOC AMA: California Saw Increase In ‘Excess Deaths’ In The Last Three Years
"We still have a lot of things to repair in our healthcare system now. A new public health, we really need to train folks [...]" (Bernadette Boden-Albala)
Southern California life expectancy shows huge gaps based on race, gender, county
"These differences aren’t accidents. Why would a virus affect certain groups more than others? The pandemic revealed a system of broader inequities." (Brittany Morey)
UCI study seeks links between unique stressors in AAPI communities and poor sleep health
"There really isn’t any reliable data on this. And when you look at all of us together, we look like a model minority, very healthy. But when you start to disaggregate the data, you see that’s not the case." (Sunmin Lee)
In California, Abortion Could Become a Constitutional Right. So Could Birth Control.
"Symbolically, what that meant is a kind of beacon of hope, that those places did exist, where one’s humanity could be regarded," (Michele Goodwin)
Wildfires disproportionately affect low-income Americans, study finds
"That study’s author, research scientist Shahir Masri, said what we’re seeing here is how climate change and its effects – like worsening wildfires – are linked to inequality, whether we’re talking about floods or air pollution or extreme heat waves." (Shahir Masri)
Criminalization of pregnancy has already been happening to the poor and women of color
"Every one of the arrests were all Black women with the exception of one patient," (Michele Goodwin)
South Carolina Wants to Ban People From Even Talking About Abortion Pills
"These are going to be laws that spread like wildfire through states that have shown hostility to abortion," (Michele Goodwin)
Disbelief in case of 10-year-old rape victim who got abortion is ‘harmful’ to safety of children: Expert
"The level of incredulity in the wake of this is really quite stunning, and it’s also quite harmful to our national discourse about the health and safety of our children," (Michele Goodwin)
Is the anti-abortion movement rooted in white supremacy?
"We go from in the 1800s nearly 100% of reproductive health care being governed by women and about 50% of that being by Black women … to women basically caring for about 1% of the field by the 1900s," (Michele Goodwin)
Women of Color Will Face More Criminalized Pregnancies in Post-‘Roe’ America
"This was a significant misstep of the reproductive rights movement," (Michele Goodwin)
