Join our Women in Policy Alliance on Thursday, October 29, for our monthly Coffee & Conversation networking event.
This month’s event will feature a fireside chat with Politico’s Alice Miranda Ollstein, author of the new book Side Effects: How Abortion Bans Impact Everyone’s Health, a groundbreaking and powerful investigation into how the fall of Roe changed American health care far beyond reproductive rights.
In the turbulent aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the loss of abortion access created ripple effects that washed over the entire U.S. health system, making care both less accessible and of lower quality for millions of people.
Ollstein, Politico’s senior health care reporter and one of News Media Alliance’s “Rising Stars,” spent years traveling around the country exploring the unexpected ways in which the Dobbs decision is disrupting the already fraught experience of pregnancy and birth, as physicians withhold or delay medically necessary procedures for fear of being prosecuted. A work of deep reporting and profound humanity, Side Effects chronicles the experiences of real people who have lost access to other forms of reproductive health care, including contraception and IVF, as well as those of all ages, genders, and geographic locations hit by the spillover effects to medical research, hospital staffing, wait times, management of chronic illnesses, and more.
Side Effects also reveals how patients, physicians, researchers, and pharmacists are fighting back in unprecedented ways, upending both the political and medical landscape in the process. By investigating the erosion of abortion access as a health care crisis rather than a culture war, Ollstein sparks a desperately needed debate on what it means for a society to be “pro-choice” or “pro-life.”
Signed copies of the book will be available for purchase, but we suggest reserving a copy in advance when you register!
This event is free to attend and open to all. If you have any questions, please email Alyssa Brown-Ruiz at abrown@ppionline.org.
The Women in Policy Alliance aims to foster growth and facilitate connections among women working in policy across Washington, D.C. The Women in Policy Alliance hosts events throughout the year to foster growth and connection among women working in policy.
Join the Progressive Policy Institute and the Women in Policy Alliance for our monthly Coffee & Conversation events.
This event is designed to comply with House and Senate ethics rules.
