The Sexual and Reproductive Health
Landscape in the US: Current Trends and Impact of the Pandemic
In recent years, state
and federal policies have had a major impact on access to sexual and
reproductive health care across the nation. The Affordable Care Act (ACA)
has enabled more women to obtain sexual and reproductive health care by
expanding access to Medicaid and private insurance coverage and
strengthening the scope of that coverage. Federal Title X changes, on the
other hand, placed restrictions on program participation and reduced
federal support to the family planning safety net. The COVID-19 pandemic
has challenged providers to find new ways to make contraceptives, STI
services, and in some cases abortion care, available via telehealth and
has brought the structural inequities in the health system into stark
focus.
At 12:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, April 21, KFF will hold a web
briefing to highlight key findings on sexual and reproductive
health from KFF’s national Women’s Health Survey. The presentation will
be followed by a discussion with leaders in sexual and reproductive care
about what those findings mean for policy and practice, how the pandemic
has begun to reshape the provision of sexual and reproductive health
care, and implications for the future of the family planning safety net
and the people who rely on it.
The key findings of the survey will be presented by KFF study authors Usha
Ranji and Brittni Frederiksen.
The discussion will be moderated by KFF’s Senior Vice President and
Director of Women’s Health Policy Alina Salganicoff, featuring:
- Raegan McDonald-Mosley, MD, MPH, CEO of Power
to Decide
- Kami Geoffray, JD, CEO, Every Body
Texas
- Monica McLemore, RN, MPH, PhD, Associate
Professor, University of California, San Francisco
- Sue Kendig, JD, MSN, WHNP, Director of Policy, National
Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
This event is open to
the public and will include a question-and-answer session. If you have
any questions about the event, please contact webbriefings@kff.org.
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