Women's Health Policy

This policy watch outlines SCOTUS’ June 27, 2024, decision dismissing the case, Moyle v. United States, where the Court had been asked to determine if a federal law called the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act preempted Idaho’s abortion ban. The decision returns the case to the lower courts and reinstates a court order blocking enforcement of the Idaho ban where it prohibits abortion care for pregnant people having medical emergencies.

This policy watch presents 10 key facts to know about abortion access two years after the Dobbs decision.

This issue brief details some of the implications of the Supreme Court’s June 13, 2024, ruling in the case Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA.

This issue brief examines the varying exceptions (for life, health, rape/incest, and fatal fetal anomalies) in state abortion bans and restrictions and the complications that arise when pregnant people attempt to access abortion care under these exceptions.

This issue brief explains how misinformation about contraceptives and how pregnancy is defined in state abortion bans may impact contraceptive access, and outlines the legal protections some states have established to affirm the right to obtain contraceptives.

This brief examines pregnancy loss management in the Dobbs era and explores how limiting or banning abortion may have negative consequences on people experiencing miscarriage or stillbirth.

This brief describes Medicare coverage of sexual and reproductive health services, including contraception, and compares that coverage with private insurance plans and Medicaid. These benefits are particularly relevant to nearly 1 million women of reproductive age (20-49) who are eligible for Medicare due to having a long-term disability.

This brief examines 10 key facts about women with Medicare and presents new statistics on the health, economic and functional status of women with Medicare.

This tracker shows which states abortion-related constitutional amendment measures are confirmed or under consideration for the 2024 election.

This policy tracker documents
exceptions in each state’s most restrictive gestational limit or total ban.