Lynn M Madden, Jenn Oliva, Anthony Eller, Elizabeth DiDomizio, Mat Roosa, Lisa Blanchard, Natalie Kil, Frederick L Altice, Kimberly Johnson
Women with opioid use disorder ("OUD") are more likely than other women to experience sexual assault, unintentional pregnancy, transactional sex and coercion regarding reproductive health care choices than women without OUD. Laws described as family friendly may be punitive rather than helpful to women and rarely apply to men. Laws regarding reproductive health and OUD are unevenly enforced and therefore biased against poor, minority women. As part of a larger study oriented toward strengthening systems of care related to the intersection of HIV and OUD, we conducted an analysis of state laws related to pregnant and postpartum women with OUD...
July 2022: American Journal of Law & Medicine