KCRW, July 2, 2022
Janaya Williams
The Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade has some people worried that access to birth control will be next on the chopping block. But beyond the legal ramifications of a post-Roe nation, there are already major barriers to accessing contraception even in blue states like California and liberal regions like LA County.
“If we do not improve and ensure equity and access to contraceptives, the worst-case scenario is widening disparities in maternal health,” says Dima Qato, associate professor of clinical pharmacy at the USC School of Pharmacy and senior fellow at the USC Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics.