POLITICO Pulse The mass layoffs of federal workers under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have impaired data-gathering on critical issues.

NEW: @guttmacher.org data shows abortions continue to rise nationally post-Roe, w/ some interesting trends:
-travel down, telehealth up
-Florida saw biggest decrease due to 6 wk ban
-true number likely much higher since shield law pill prescriptions were not counted
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Mass HHS firings gutted "vital" office for reproductive health Trump is dismantling the little-known Division of Reproductive Health. It was critical in helping pregnant people and pushing for better systems for IVF.

“Abruptly shutting down PRAMS jeopardizes women and infants health at a time when maternal mortality rates in the US have been rising and access to maternity care is increasingly difficult. Dismantling PRAMS will make America less healthy, not more.” - @lauralindberg.bsky.social, Society member

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Register to join @academyhealth.bsky.social at their webinar on April 8 @ 1:00PM ET.
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Could emergency departments play a role in expanding access to contraception? Learn how EDs could fill a gap in care as contraceptive access faces growing barriers in a new AcademyHealth blog by Senior Scholar Maria Rodriguez academyhealth.org/blog/2025-02...

US Abortion Bans and Infant Mortality This population-based, cross-sectional study investigates the infant mortality rate following the adoption of complete or 6-week abortion bans in a number of US states.

"Particularly striking n deeply saddening is the more than two 2x larger increase in mortality among Black vs White infants in months effected by the abortion bans-11.0% vs 5.1%"
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CDC datasets uploaded before January 28th, 2025 : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive An archive of all CDC datasets uploaded to https://data.cdc.gov/browse before January 28th, 2025. Excludes corrupt datasets and data not publicly accessible.

Public CDC datasets as of January 28, have been archived by some prescient soul(s): archive.org/details/2025...

"Datasets related to racial disparities, LGBTQIA+ health and reproductive health were at risk, as were data on racial and ethnic health disparities, climate and environmental justice. Websites such as the NIH’s Office of Research on Women’s Health were also unavailable Friday."