Izzie Fulcher

Edit 1/n: The OG study was actually published in 2019 -- not 2017, which is when I started working on it 🙈

💁‍♀️ The statistician in me does need to point out that the 95% confidence interval in the most recent study was a bit wider (−11.82, 0.91) than the original study, due to analytical design + less data in pre/post time periods

📬 Drop me a message if you want to learn more!

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And, we found that the ROE Act (removal of parental consent requirement) reduced average time to abortion by ✨5.46 days✨!

Perhaps unsurprisingly, this is almost identical to our estimate of the delay of 5.2 days in our original 2017 study!

In the recently published paper, we used a comparative interrupted time series design leveraging data from abortions...

⌛ before vs. after the ROE Act
👥 minors vs. "older teens" who were not impacted by the new ROE Act

All those statisticians and epidemiologists know what is coming now...

🙌🙌 quasi-experimental design time 🙌🙌

In December 2020, Massachusetts passed the ROE Act to dismantle discriminatory barriers to safe, legal abortion in Massachusetts.

The Result ➡️ 16 and 17-year-olds can seek abortion care in consultation with their health care provider, without medically unnecessary barriers to their care!

Massachusetts' Parental Consent Law and Procedural Timing... : Obstetrics & Gynecology ent law for abortion. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 2,026 abortions among minors at a large, statewide network of abortion clinics between 2010 and 2016. Delay was defined a...

Indeed, our work published in 2017 found that minors using judicial bypass had an average of 5.2 day delay (compared to parental consent).

We also found that this delay led to some minors becoming ineligible for medication abortion.

Link to paper: journals.lww.com/greenjournal...

First, a little history refresher:

From 1997 to 2020, minors seeking abortions in MA had to receive parental consent *or* go before a judge.

However, almost all judicial bypass cases were approved... so this just created unnecessary barriers for young people.

(screenshot from @ppact.org)

Changes to Parental Consent Requirements for Abortion in Massachusetts and Impact on Timeliness of Care for Adolescents Aged 16 to 17 Years | AJPH | Vol. 115 Issue 3 Objectives. To measure the effect of the ROE Act, which eliminated parental consent requirements for abortion for individuals ages 16 to 17 years, on abortion timing for adolescents in this age group ...

New paper 🙌: lifting the Massachusetts' parental consent requirement reduced time to abortion among adolescents aged 16 and 17 years

This work has been a journey for myself & collaborators at @ppmassachusetts.bsky.social starting back in 2017 ⏪

ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2...

ACOG Endorsed The following documents have ACOG’s endorsement and are listed in order of endorsed date.

The American College of OB/GYN’s website is now hosting the critical documents purged by the CDC

This is what every professional medical organization should be doing right now

#MedSky

www.acog.org/clinical/cli...

& with this funding announcement comes the news that we are hiring #datascientists, #productmanagers, #engineers, and #growth leaders!

Please share our job openings with colleagues, friends, and family!

www.delfina.com/careers

Delfina Secures $17M Series A to Scale AI-Powered Maternal Health Platform Image: Delfina Care Delfina Care, a healthcare technology company focused on addressing the maternal health crisis, has raised $17 million in Series A funding led by U.S. Venture Partners (USVP). T...

Our team at Delfina just announced a $17M Series A!

At a time of great uncertainty in our country, I am especially grateful for this opportunity to continue building technologies that improve pregnancy care!

femtechinsider.com/delfina-secu...

New data coming out of CDC (despite ban on communication) on respiratory virus status; confirms past-peak for Covid, RSV
www.cdc.gov/respiratory-...

MSK Researchers Help To Map the Human Virome MSK researchers are helping to map the landscape of viruses that infect us all, and to analyze the impact they have on human health and disease.

Curiosity-driven research is the bedrock of discoveries of factors that shape our health. The NIH has been the discovery engine for thousands of labs, and I'm grateful for NIH support of our group's first grant to study the virome. @idemsky.bsky.social has the scoop:

www.mskcc.org/news/msk-res...

Welcome immigrants from X interested in science to the friendlier skies of @bsky.app, as documented by a new @nature.com survey (but you already knew that 😉)
"Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Trump officials pause health agencies’ communications, citing review The agencies are charged with making decisions that touch the lives of every American and are the source of crucial information to health-care providers.

NEW—Trump WH has blocked all CDC science reports (eg MMWR) & suspended all CDC / FDA / NIH external communications of all HHS agencies until further notice... including all FDA & CDC Health Alert warnings & all social media. Public health be damned.

Gift 🎁 link:
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We mourn the loss of Cecile Richards, a trailblazer in the fight for reproductive freedom. Forever be grateful for her indomitable presence, fearless leadership, & unwavering commitment to fighting for reproductive rights, we aim to honor her legacy by continuing her vital work.

This was an absolutely wild way to spend a Sunday 😆!

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Me patiently waiting for the #reprohealth organizations to join the adventure

wya #acog #smfm #sfp 🤷‍♀️