One year since the overturn of Roe, OB/GYNs report devastating impacts from lack of abortion access

Rollback of federal abortion protections has increased danger to individuals, physicians, strains on health care capacity; OHSU physicians say, ‘We will always be a safe haven’

By Nicole Rideout June 24, 2023 Portland, Oregon

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Making the care needed accessible

Alison Edelman, M.D., M.P.H., professor of obstetrics and gynecology and division director of Complex Family Planning in the OHSU School of Medicine, conducts an ultrasound at OHSU's Center for Women's Health in Portland. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Helping patients to get the care they need

Alison Edelman, M.D., M.P.H., left, and Maria Rodriguez, M.D., M.P.H., have seen an influx in patients since the June 2022 Dobbs decision. Despite efforts at OHSU and in Oregon, abortion services — what should be basic health care — are becoming increasingly unsafe and inaccessible. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Basic health care

Maria Rodriguez, M.D., M.P.H., says she has seen an influx in patients since the June 2022 Dobbs decision. Despite efforts at OHSU and in Oregon, abortion services — what should be basic health care — are becoming increasingly unsafe and inaccessible. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

A call for basic health care

Alison Edelman, M.D., M.P.H., and Maria Rodriguez, M.D., M.P.H., have seen an influx in patients since the June 2022 Dobbs decision. Despite efforts at OHSU and in Oregon, abortion services — what should be basic health care — are becoming increasingly unsafe and inaccessible. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Real consequences

Maria Rodriguez, M.D., M.P.H., professor of obstetrics and gynecology in the OHSU School of Medicine and director of the OHSU Center for Reproductive Health Equity, says that “the past year has been a very frightening reality. We’re now seeing the very real consequences that the Dobbs decision, and all the other policies aimed to restrict reproductive health, are having on individuals across this country.” (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

One year post-Dobbs

Maria Rodriguez, M.D., M.P.H. (OHSU)

Alison Edelman, M.D., M.P.H. (OHSU)

One year post-Dobbs