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Centering disability visibility in reproductive health care: Dismantling barriers to achieve reproductive equity.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- An evaluation of conceptual frameworks to improve reproductive health outcomes among women with physical disabilities.Journal of advanced nursing · 2025Pooled it
- Contraceptive use and condomless sex among sexually experienced disabled and non-disabled White, Black, and Hispanic female adolescents and young adults aged 18-25 in the United States.Research square · 2026Article
- Access to sexual and reproductive health and rights services among women with disabilities: a cross-sectional study from Murang'a South, Central Kenya.BMC public health · 2026Article
- 'Give People More Time and Take the Time to Explain Things Properly': Cervical Screening Experiences of People With Intellectual Disability.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID · 2026Article
- Enhancing Perinatal Care for Women With Intellectual Disabilities: Clinician Insights on Involving Family Caregivers.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID · 2026Article
- Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Receipt Among Female Adolescents and Young Adults With Disability in the United States, 2011-2019.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2025Article
- Reproductive autonomy of visually impaired women: a cross-sectional study in Coimbatore and Tiruchirappalli districts, Tamil Nadu.BMC research notes · 2025Article
- Individual and community level factors influencing modern contraceptive use among women of reproductive age in South Africa: a multilevel analysis.Contraception and reproductive medicine · 2025Article
- Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita (AMC) and counselling before and during pregnancy: a questionnaire study.Orphanet journal of rare diseases · 2025Article
- Perinatal mental health and risk of severe maternal morbidity in women with physical disabilities, Massachusetts 2003-2015.Disability and health journal · 2025Article
- A qualitative meta-synthesis of the perinatal healthcare experiences of people with disability.Disability and health journal · 2025Review
- Exploring the Fertility Needs of Women Before and After Oocyte Freezing for Medical and Non-Medical Reasons: A Scoping Review.International journal of women's health · 2025Review
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- Cervical screening participation and access facilitators and barriers for people with intellectual disability: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Review
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Abstract
Access to comprehensive and culturally competent reproductive health care is essential for individuals and communities to realize and achieve health and well-being, as one prefers. The disability community represents a diverse group of individuals with a wide spectrum of functional, physical, sensory, and/or neurodivergent abilities. Existing barriers to reproductive health care are a consequence of environmental and attitudinal barriers, not from the disabilities themselves. People with disabilities are also not frequently centered or included in discussions surrounding reproductive rights. This article reviews the intersection of the Disability Justice Movement and the history of discrimination in the United States against people with disabilities with a particular focus on reproductive oppression. We discuss the mechanisms of inequity and barriers to health care, including financial barriers, inaccessible medical facilities, provider discrimination and competency, and guardianship; as well as the importance of open access to contraception, menstrual health, and abortion for people with disabilities. Finally, we explore the intersection of the Disability Justice Movement and the Reproductive Justice Movement to better promote reproductive autonomy.
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