Health Inequities Among People Who Use Drugs in a Post-Dobbs America: The Case for a Syndemic Analysis
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-13-2023
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
Recommended Citation
Carroll JJ, Ostrach B, El-Sabawi T. Health Inequities Among People Who Use Drugs in a Post-Dobbs America: The Case for a Syndemic Analysis. J Law Med Ethics. (2023) 549-553. doi:10.1017/jme.2023.96