Navigating Women’s Health: Iowa - PROJECT FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES

FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES, REDUCED ACCESS FEWER SITES FEWER PHYSICIANS In 2017, Iowa le昀琀 the federal Medicaid the shi昀琀 in funding, overall access to The decline in clinic access has family planning program, which meant family planning services in Iowa has not been met with a corresponding rejec琀椀ng $3 million in Title X funding. [...] The most recent data delivering OB-GYNs per 10,000 women was to exclude all Planned Parenthood shows that family planning clinics in of reproduc琀椀ve age in Iowa, no琀椀ceably facili琀椀es, but this incidentally also Iowa are s琀椀ll only serving 70 percent worse than 10.5 and 4.1 in 2017, excluded other facili琀椀es, including of the pa琀椀ents they did in 2018. [...] The consulta琀椀on for birth control MATERNAL MORTALITY is straigh琀昀orward, and pharmacists are well equipped The maternal mortality rate in Iowa is. [...] In 2016, Iowa’s rate of chlamydia cases per 100,000 popula琀椀on was 414.6 compared to the na琀椀onal rate of 494.9. [...] In 2020, 31.4 percent Be琀琀er support for reproduc琀椀ve health services in the of pregnancies in Iowa were unintended, compared to a na琀椀onal average of 39.6 state is needed.