title: Connecting Police Violence With Reproductive Health.
abstract: Since the police-involved deaths of Michael Brown and Freddie Gray, activists have argued for connecting police violence with reproductive justice. We argue that systematic violence, including police violence, should be evaluated in relation to reproductive health outcomes of individual patients and communities. Beyond emphasizing the relationship between violence and health outcomes, both qualitative and epidemiologic data can be used by activists and caregivers to effectively care for individuals from socially marginalized communities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
authors.forename: Ashish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Premkumar
authors.forename: Onouwem
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Nseyo
authors.forename: Andrea V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Jackson
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D035846:Law Enforcement / Q000379:methods; D008913:Minority Groups; D016495:Police; D063505:Racism; D060728:Reproductive Health; D012935:Social Justice; D062487:Social Marginalization; D014481:United States; D014754:Violence / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence