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What happens to a woman after she is denied an abortion? Even years later, women denied wanted abortions on the basis of gestational age are struggling financially relative to women who sought and received them slightly earlier in the pregnancy. Laura Wherry Diana Foster

Do you know anyone that is a Black doctoral student studying reproductive and maternal health inequities? Please share! We are actively recruiting our next cohort of Birth Equity Scholars. Deadline: 7/9/2021 Apply here: bit.ly/birthequitysch… #birthequity #maternalhealth

New: CA, CO, and MN join the ranks of states taking steps to extend #Medicaid to one year postpartum via the new state plan option passed as part of the #AmericanRescuePlan.

Opening up 2 more roles to work with me & my incredible team on Trilliant Health strategic research arm to create data stories & inform healthcare delivery strategies. + some awesome positions in marketing & product. Check em out on the link👇🏽 & spread the word.

Mortality increases during COVID varied in important ways across individual based on their occupation, income, insurance status and residence. But variation in mortality *within* these groups by race/ethnicity is just massively bigger.

Today’s a big day! We’re releasing the The Sadie Collective membership portal at 12 PM. A hub for jobs, resources, events and building community! The Collective meets the needs of our women creatively + we’re thrilled to be growing our membership offerings for Black women in econ!

Exciting new Health Affairs fellowship opportunity for trainees, grad students, and junior faculty interested in #HealthEquity research! Benefits include 1:1 mentorship by prominent faculty and senior editorial staff URiMs encouraged to apply Details: healthaffairs.org/health-equity-…

Thanks to Health Affairs for highlighting key steps states can take now to help postpartum people maintain coverage when the PHE ends. Learn more in our full Urban Institute report, funded by RWJF: urban.org/research/publi…

Excited to see this paper from the great Laura B. Smith in print!

APPLICATIONS OPEN: The Sadie Summit program offers professional development opportunities to Black women studying finance and economics. Apply here to be part of the inaugural class: sadiecollective.org/sadiesummit

Looking for a health policy job involving qualitative analysis, project management, and stakeholder engagement? Interested in advancing health equity by improving access to and confidence in vaccines for communities of color? Join us Urban Institute! bit.ly/3pfvPIv

Great summary of the potential impact of evidence-based investments in maternal health included in #BuildBackBetter from Dr. Jamila Taylor and Anna Bernstein Learn more about postpartum Medicaid extension in our Urban Institute & Commonwealth Fund brief: urban.org/research/publi…

More on legislative maternal health efforts! From Kay Johnson & Laurie Zephyrin MD: Congressional Congressional Proposals to Address the Maternal Health Crisis Offer a Promising Roadmap for Change ccf.georgetown.edu/2021/10/22/con… via Georgetown Center for Children and Families

Please RT: 🚨 Serve the field by conducting mock interviews for JMCs who do not have the opportunity in their own dept.: bit.ly/mockinterview_… 🚨 No prep & interviews will be about 30 minutes long. You can co-interview with a friend, I can pair you, or you can fly solo.

“🗣”We’re not biologically different; there’s no Black gene or Black heart or Black kidneys.” Thank you @AnushayHossain Harper’s BAZAAR for highlighting the Black Maternal Health Crisis ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽with the brilliant @mclemoremr We must make this all different.👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽

Our health care policy team is growing! We're looking for a fellow, policy associate, and Black maternal health policy intern, based in Washington, D.C. Learn more and apply: tcf.org/about/job-oppo…

“We don’t have to imagine what happens when people are denied abortion,” shared Diana Foster, who directed the #TurnawayStudy. We have the data to prove how much harm is caused when patients are turned away from abortion care.

For those unable to get an abortion, evidence shows continuing an unwanted pregnancy will lead to more pregnancy-related deaths, adverse mental and physical health outcomes, and adverse social and economic outcomes for themselves and their families urban.org/urban-wire/res…

New on the blog: an analysis of policy research that can help promote maternal and infant health. bit.ly/3Qh2asR

Makayla Lavender of Lee Business School and Emily M. Johnston of Urban Institute find the Affordable Care Act (ACA)'s Medicaid expansion did not impact labor market outcomes, even when looking at demographic subgroups like women with children. #ACA #Medicaid doi.org/10.1002/soej.1…