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Sep 12, 2021 · Carole Joffe and Jody Steinauer are professors in the department of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at the University of California, San Francisco. Carole Joffe is a co-author of ...
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Because of the historical stigma attached to getting abortions, there is limited data available about the number of women who died as a result of the procedure. "Deaths for example were often coded as due to other causes to save families from shame, and we can only rely on estimates for illegal abortions," said Carole Joffe, a professor at the Univ...
The number of deaths related to illegal abortions decreased to 19 in 1973 and dropped further, to six, by 1974, CDC data shows. From 1979 to 2017, the number of women who died in a year was never higher than two. Meanwhile, as deaths from legal abortions fluctuated in subsequent years, mortality rates declined. A study by the Guttmacher Institute, ...
Studies show that abortion rates are similar, regardless of whether or not a country has legalized the procedure. Along with legal changes, medical advances play a role in reducing deaths. In countries where abortions are illegal, they are less deadly today than they once were. One factor is the changing methods used to induce abortions. A relative...
A Facebook post claimed, "Roe was the end of women dying from abortions." A caption on the post alludes to deaths from illegal abortions in non-clinical settings. Deaths from abortions were already becoming relatively rare by the time Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973, as a result of medical advances and legal changes at the state level. But studies ...
Facebook post, Oct. 7, 2021 Washington Post, "Planned Parenthood’s false stat: ‘Thousands’ of women died every year before Roe," May 29, 2019 Journal of Health Economics, "Abortion Before & After Roe," September 2013 The Atlantic, "When Abortion Is Illegal, Women Rarely Die. But They Still Suffer." Oct. 11, 2018 Email interview with Carole Joffe, a...
Carole Joffe is a professor at ANSIRH and a professor of sociology emerita at the University of California, Davis. Her research focuses on the social dimensions of reproductive health, with a particular interest in abortion provision. Her most recent book (with David Cohen) is Obstacle Course: The Everyday Struggle to get an Abortion in America, published by the University of California Press.
May 31, 2019 · The Kansas doctor, murdered 10 years ago by an anti-abortion zealot, was a true pioneer who developed unique ways to care for women
Feb 18, 2020 · It is with great enthusiasm that I recommend David Cohen and Carole Joffe’s new book Obstacle Course: The Everyday Struggle To Get An Abortion in America (2020, UC Press). The authors are known in the reproductive justice community for their frequent op eds and other writings on the perpetually erosive challenges to US women’s ability to ...
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May 4, 2022 · Yelena Dzhanova. May 4, 2022, 10:57 AM PDT. UCG/Getty Images. Dr. Carole Joffe, a scholar of reproductive health, teaches reproductive coercion. She said she used to tell her students about China ...
Apr 11, 2023 · The UC Davis Emeriti Association announced Carole Joffe as the recipient of the association’s Distinguished Emeriti Award for 2022-23. The award honors outstanding scholarly work or service (e.g., service in professional, university, Academic Senate, emeriti/ae, departmental or editorial posts, or on committees) performed since retirement. In ...
