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A growing number of women give birth at Catholic hospitals, where they do not receive the same reproductive health options – including birth control – provided at other hospitals

  • Written by Maria Gallo, Professor of Epidemiology, The Ohio State University
imageResearch shows that short spacing between childbirth and another pregnancy comes with heightened health risks.Aleksandr Kirillov/EyeEm via Getty Images

Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has eliminated the constitutional right to an abortion, access to birth control has taken on new urgency. By moving the decision about abortion access to states, the f...

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