In the wake of the renewed racial justice movement in 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic, jurisdictions across the country enacted laws to address health disparities and advance racial equity – as well as laws that may impede these goals. The Network identified many of these laws based on keyword searches in bills proposed in the 2021 and 2022 legislative cycles in all 50 U.S states.
Reproductive health care encompasses essential health care services for persons who may become pregnant, including safe and legal abortion care, contraception, and the use of…
Disparate health outcomes due to social and structural barriers have long existed, mostly impacting people of color, people with disabilities, low-income people, and people with…
There is a consistently growing body of research exploring the ways that law and policy, in all sectors, can advance health equity. Decisions are made…
Communities across the United States are recognizing the role of racism in creating differences in outcomes for people of color and are committing to changing…
Disparate health outcomes due to social and structural barriers have long existed, mostly impacting people of color, people with disabilities, low-income people, and people with…
