Mandatory Warning Signs for Cannabis: Perspectives and Preferences of Pregnant and Recently Pregnant People Who Use Cannabis.

Background: Five U.S. states where recreational cannabis is legal require Mandatory Warning Signs for cannabis use during pregnancy (MWS-cannabis) to be posted in cannabis dispensaries.

Abortion and the Mission of MCH: Perspectives of MCH and Family Planning Professionals in Health Departments.

Introduction: Prior research shows that maternal and child health (MCH) and family planning (FP) divisions in health departments (HDs) engage in some abortion-related activities, largely when legally mandated; some agencies also initiate abortion-related activities. Yet little is known about health department MCH/FP professionals' views on how abortion-related work aligns with their professional mission.

Methods: Between November 2017 and June 2018, we conducted in-depth interviews with 29 MCH/FP professionals working in 22 state and local HDs across the U.

Pregnant people's experiences discussing their cannabis use with prenatal care providers in a state with legalized cannabis.

Background: As cannabis legalization spreads, so do concerns about potential harms from use during pregnancy. Legalization may facilitate improved patient-provider interactions about cannabis use. Yet little is known about pregnant people's discussions of cannabis use with healthcare providers in an environment where recreational cannabis is legal.

Disseminating Evidence on Abortion Facilities to Health Departments: A Randomized Study of E-mail Strategies.

Given the politicization of abortion, professionals working in U.S. health departments (HDs) may not be receptive to communications about abortion, despite often regulating abortion facilities.

Experiences of harassment and empowerment after sharing personal abortion stories publicly.

Objective: In recent years, in an attempt to counter stigma and increase empathy, public education campaigns have encouraged people to share their personal abortion stories. This exploratory study sought to document negative and positive experiences of those who have shared their abortion stories publicly.

Study Design: We conducted an anonymous online survey of people who have shared their abortion story publicly ( = 88), recruited via partners affiliated with two abortion story-sharing campaigns.

Approaches, barriers, and facilitators to abortion-related work in U.S. health departments: perspectives of maternal and child heath and family planning professionals.

Background: Public health agencies in the United States have engaged in abortion-related activities for nearly 50 years. Prior research indicates that, while most state health departments engage in some abortion-related work, their efforts reflect what is required by law rather than the breadth of core public health activities. In contrast, local health departments appear to engage in abortion-related activities less often but, when they do, initiate a broader range of activities.

"My good friends on the other side of the aisle aren't bothered by those facts": U.S. State legislators' use of evidence in making policy on abortion.

Objective: In recent years, U.S. states have passed many restrictive abortion policies with a rationale of protecting health and safety, in apparent contravention of abundant scientific evidence on abortion safety.

"Alcohol During Pregnancy? Nobody Does That Anymore": State Legislators' Use of Evidence in Making Policy on Alcohol Use in Pregnancy.

Objective: In recent years, U.S. states have passed many laws addressing alcohol use in pregnancy, despite limited evidence on the impact of such policies.

Attitudes Toward Abortion After Receiving vs. Being Denied an Abortion in the USA.

U.S. public attitudes toward abortion have been studied extensively, but little is known about these attitudes among women who seek abortion.

Coverage of Abortion in Select U.S. Newspapers.

Background And Objectives: News coverage can shape public understanding of policy issues in important ways. In the last decade, many new state-level abortion restrictions have been passed, often based on claims about the safety of abortion care, yet little is known about recent news coverage of abortion. This study analyzes a sample of news on abortion in the United States and explores the implications for reproductive health policymakers, practitioners, and advocates.

"The stakes are so high": interviews with progressive journalists reporting on abortion.

Objectives: Because news frames can influence public and policy agendas, proponents of abortion access should be concerned with how this issue is covered in the news. While previous research has examined the content of news on abortion, this analysis explores the process of newsmaking on abortion, examining how journalists understand their role in and experience of covering abortion.

Study Design: We recruited journalists with experience reporting on abortion through listservs for progressive and feminist reporters.

More than a message: framing public health advocacy to change corporate practices.

Framing battles in public health illustrate the tension in our society between individual freedom and collective responsibility. This article describes how two frames, market justice and social justice, first articulated in a public health context by Dan Beauchamp, influence public dialogue on the health consequences of corporate practices. The authors argue that public health advocates must articulate the social justice values motivating the changes they seek in specific policy battles that will be debated in the context of news coverage.