Author Archives: Lisa M. Lines and Christina Fowler

About Lisa M. Lines and Christina Fowler

Christina Fowler, PhD, MPH, is a health services researcher formerly with RTI International. Her research focuses on federal health policies and healthcare safety net programs that provide sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services, equitable access to SRH services, and contraceptive decision making. All opinions are those of the author.

Political drivers of sexual & reproductive health

By | January 21, 2026
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Map of US states showing mean risk of adverse sexual and reproductive health outcomes predicted by social drivers of health

In our 2025 wrap-up, we recapped last year’s theme of political determinants of health. In this post, we apply that lens to sexual and reproductive health — part of this year’s focus on Health in All Policies. No doubt about it: politics and policy matter to our health As we’ve written here many times before,… Read More »

Long-acting reversible contraception in the era of abortion bans

By | November 17, 2022
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It is more important than ever to expand access to a broad range of safe and effective contraceptives that includes long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) methods. We are living in a new era in the US. As of early November, 2022, abortions are banned from the point of conception in 12 states and severely restricted in… Read More »