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Self-care and Health: The Interplay of Technologies, Ethics, and Human Rights – Are We Going Back to the Future, or is it a Whole New World?

Posted on September 24, 2020December 20, 2021

On October 9, 2020, the USC Law & Global Health Collaboration, the USC mHealth Collaboratory, the USC Institute for Creative Technologies and the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health hosted an event titled "Sel... read more →

Reproductive justice & preventable deaths: State funding, family planning, abortion, and infant mortality, US 1980–2010

Posted on March 19, 2016August 25, 2018

Professor Sofia Gruskin and co-authors published a new article April 22 in Social Science and Medicine Public Health titled “Reproductive justice & preventable deaths: State family planning, abortion & infant mort... read more →

Supreme Court Amicus Brief: Whole Woman’s Health v. Cole

Posted on January 24, 2016August 21, 2018

Professor Sofia Gruskin joined with researchers from across the country in supporting the Supreme Court Amicus Brief: Whole Woman’s Health et al. v. Kirk Cole, Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services e... read more →

Contemplating abortion: HIV-positive women’s decision to terminate pregnancy

Posted on January 6, 2014August 21, 2018

Research on pregnancy termination largely assumes HIV status is the only reason why HIV-positive women contemplate abortion. As antiretroviral treatment (ART) becomes increasingly available and women are living longer, health... read more →

Safeguarding Abortion: A Matter of Reproductive Rights

Posted on January 1, 2013August 21, 2018

Women seek abortions, legal and safe or not, if they have an unwanted pregnancy because it is too late for contraception. Contraception must be promoted to reduce unwanted pregnancy, but all women who find themselves with an ... read more →

Neglected Realities: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Abortion in the Context of HIV

Posted on October 5, 2010August 21, 2018

Women around the world have been disproportionately affected by HIV and AIDS, particularly in the regions hardest hit by the pandemic, such as sub-Saharan Africa. But with increased global access to antiretroviral therapy (AR... read more →