Reproductive Justice Archives - USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health

Reproductive Justice in the Era of Backlash

Posted on February 5, 2018August 22, 2018

The second session of the Spring 2018 semester of the USC Law & Global Health Collaboration focused on reproductive health. Professor Michele Goodwin, who holds the Chancellor’s Professorship at the University of Califo... read more →

Is populism bad for women’s rights?

Posted on June 5, 2017August 21, 2018

Experts reflected and speculated about women's rights and reproductive justice under the rule of populist leaders at a University of Geneva event May 17. (more…)... 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 →

Reproductive Justice and the Pace of Change: Socioeconomic Trends in US Infant Death Rates by Legal Status of Abortion, 1960-1980

Posted on April 1, 2015August 21, 2018

US infant death rates for 1960 to 1980 declined most quickly in (1) 1970 to 1973 in states that legalized abortion in 1970, especially for infants in the lowest 3 income quintiles (annual percentage change = −11.6; 95% ... read more →

Ensuring human rights in the provision of contraceptive information and services

Posted on January 1, 2014August 21, 2018

These WHO guidelines provide recommendations for programmes as to how they can ensure that human rights are respected, protected and fulfilled, while services are scaled up to reduce unmet need for contraception. Both health ... read more →