
Ushma Upadhyay, PhD, MPH
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Professor, Public health scientist, #abortion safety & access, telehealth, gender, adolescents, @UCSF_ObGynRS, @ANSIRH @UCSFBixby @UCGHI. I’m also anti-guns.
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To support IVF, you must also support abortion. They cannot be siloed. “They are two sides of the same coin,” says Marcelle Cedars, MD, a double board-certified fertility specialist and reproductive endocrinologist at UCSF Obstetrics Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences.


People who live in states with abortion bans are traveling out of state or having abortion pills mailed to them to get care. “People are jumping over these hurdles because they have to,” explained #WeCount researcher Ushma Upadhyay, PhD, MPH. apnews.com/article/aborti…


“Cost has always been the biggest barrier to abortion access." Ushma Upadhyay, PhD, MPH of ANSIRH talked about medication abortion access and the increasing use of telehealth in The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/nation/interac…


➡️Abortion bans have not eliminated the need for abortion nor reduced their number. ➡️Instead, they result in increased maternal and infant mortality. Check out my new opinion piece with Theresa Rosinger-Zifko & Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD. msmagazine.com/2024/10/31/abo…

Abortion bans create a culture of fear that puts people in danger. Research shows that people with unwanted pregnancies are less likely to obtain basic health services, which might increase the risk of complications, shared Ushma Upadhyay, PhD, MPH. washingtonpost.com/health/2024/10…








