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Health Inequities Among People Who Use Drugs in a Post-Dobbs America: The Case for a Syndemic Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 December 2023

Jennifer J. Carroll ,
Bayla Ostrach  and
Taleed El-Sabawi
Jennifer J. Carroll
Affiliation:
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, RALIEGH, NC, USA
Bayla Ostrach
Affiliation:
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, BOSTON, MA, USA
Taleed El-Sabawi
Affiliation:
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, MIAMI, FL, USA
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Abstract

Punitive policy responses to substance use and to abortion care constitute direct attacks on personal liberty and bodily autonomy. In this article, we leverage the concept of “syndemics” to anticipate how the already synergistic stigmas against people who use drugs and people who seek abortion services will be further compounded the Dobbs decision.

Keywords

PregnancySubstance UseOverdoseSyndemicsAbortion
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Symposium Articles
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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 51 , Issue 3: Seeking Reproductive Justice in the Next 50 Years , Fall 2023 , pp. 549 - 553
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© 2023 The Author(s)

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