Reproductive Justice and Health Equity
To support women’s health and reproductive freedom, we focus on understanding the economic impacts of health access restrictions, our national maternal health crisis, and the racial disparities blocking health care access for people of color.
IWPR Reacts to Three-Year Anniversary of Dobbs Decision
Washington, DC (June 24, 2025) – Today, we reflect on the devastating impact of the Dobbs decision, a Supreme Court ruling that stripped away a fundamental constitutional right and overturned decades of legal precedent for women. During his first term, Trump appointed three justices [...]
State-Level Abortion Restrictions Cost the US Economy $133 Billion
In the three years since the overturn of Roe v. Wade, the human and economic toll of abortion restrictions remains staggering, impacting all women but especially women of color. IWPR’s latest estimates show that the 16 states with the most restrictive abortion policies are [...]
Abortion Restrictions Cost the US $64 Billion a Year—With Black Women Bearing the Brunt
Abortion bans aren’t just attacks on reproductive freedom and women’s health. They’re unpopular policy decisions with serious economic consequences. New research from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research estimates that in the three years since the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, [...]
When Hospitals Vanish, Mothers Die: Why Giving Birth Is Riskier in These US States
The rapid erosion of the maternity care infrastructure in the United States threatens to worsen the ongoing Black maternal health crisis and will increase the demand and need for birth workers, including midwives and doulas. Read more from our latest Quick Figure. READ MORE [...]
