Thanks again to @jessicavalenti.bsky.social for hosting GEPI’s CEO & Founder, Dr. Nancy L. Cohen, on the Abortion, Every Day platform for a wide-ranging conversation, which included this backstory of how the Dobbs decision launched GEPI's research into maternal mortality and abortion bans.

This Thursday, September 18, tune in to @jessicavalenti.bsky.social's platform Abortion, Every Day for a livestream with Jessica and GEPI CEO & Founder, Nancy L. Cohen!

Nancy & Jessica will be chatting about the politics of abortion and what we can all do to advance and defend reproductive freedom.

"The data is shocking how much more women suffer from California's housing crisis. Simply being a woman means you're more likely to live in unaffordable housing" — Nancy L. Cohen, CEO @thegepi.org

Listen to @kqednews.kqed.org's feature on GEPI's latest Housing report here:

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Shield laws protect abortion providers who offer care to patients in ban states, including via telehealth. As our expert Isaac Maddow-Zimet told @washingtonpost.com, shield laws are essential to ensuring patients’ & providers’ safety, dignity & autonomy. More: gu.tt/3ZZuZkK

🚨 New GEPI report: CA’s housing crisis hits women hardest—even after adjusting for income, race & job status

🏠 5.7M women live in unaffordable homes
👶 3.6M children are growing up in them
💵 53% of women renters are rent burdened (vs. 47% of men)

📘 Read the report: thegepi.org/a-gender-equ...

GEPI just published our 21st report since 2021! 🥂

'Roadmap for an Equitable Future' is the culmination of four years of work to accelerate women’s equality in the U.S.

If you believe in our work, help us keep going. Support our 21 Since ’21 campaign at $21/month or more: bit.ly/21since21

Proud to share that GEPI was just featured on NPR Morning Edition!

Our work is pushing bipartisan legislators to recognize the consequences of abortion bans — though there is so much more to be done to ensure just, life-saving treatment for all mothers.

Study after study shows the same thing: denial of #abortion is denial of healthcare. #abortionishealthcare

People in states with abortion bans are twice as likely to die during pregnancy 19thnews.org/2025/04/abor... by @shefali.bsky.social via @19thnews.org CC: @nancylcohen.bsky.social @thegepi.org

Media round-up for our Maternal Mortality report!

Thanks to @19thnews.org, @jessicavalenti.bsky.social, SacBee, @reprorights.bsky.social, and countless others (— with a big forthcoming release we can’t mention just yet ❕) for sharing the essential data uncovered in GEPI’s latest release.

New data from the Gender Equity Policy Institute shows mothers in abortion ban states are more than 2x as likely to die from pregnancy than mothers in states where abortion was legal and acceptable.

1 in 4 Black women live in a state with an abortion ban. thegepi.org/maternal-mor...

A report from The Gender Equity Policy Institute is showing that in states with abortion bans,women are twice as likely to die compared to states where abortion access is protected.

#MomSky
#WomensRights

Pregnant people living in states with abortion bans are almost twice as likely to die during pregnancy or shortly after giving birth, according to a new Gender Equity Policy Institute report.

The report found the risk is even higher for Black women in those states.

While maternal mortality *fell 21% in supportive states* after Roe v. Wade was overturned, rates skyrocketed in states with abortion bans.

Click through to see some of the most severe realities that have come about post-Dobbs ➡️

(+ read our full report here: thegepi.org/maternal-mor...)

Thank you @jessicavalenti.bsky.social for featuring our latest Maternal Mortality report!

Read the full report here: thegepi.org/maternal-mor...

Mothers are twice as likely to die during pregnancy in states that banned abortion. At the same time, maternal mortality rates declined in supportive states. @19thnews.org's Shefali Luthra (@shefali.bsky.social) broke down the data from @thegepi.org’s new report.

#Pregnancy #ReproductiveHealth

Women living in states that banned abortion are 2x more likely to die during pregnancy, childbirth or soon after.

Black women in banned states were 3.3x as likely to die as white mothers in those states.

New report from Gender Equity Policy Institute:

GEPI is proud to share our latest release: Maternal Mortality in the United States After Abortion Bans: Mothers Living in Abortion Ban States at Significantly Higher Risk of Death During Pregnancy and Childbirth.

📒 Click to read the stark findings in our report: thegepi.org/maternal-mor...

Another tragic story out of Texas. Porsha Ngumezi died because from a miscarriage, due to Texas's draconian abortion ban that denied her care. GEPI was proud to provide the data on maternal mortality to CBS Evening News for this story.
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