Women comprise 50.8% of our population and have specialized biological and psychosocial attributes that necessitate specialized care.


Given their major proportion in our demographics, it's clear to see that unmet healthcare needs of women will affect our nation as a whole. Access to care, seeking care, and outcomes are a byproduct of economic inequality, and more specifically, poverty. Seeking adequate care is a challenge for low-income women due to the high cost of care. Women’s health care in the United States currently contains both inequities and disparities in resource allocation and access.

“Women are disproportionately impacted by the high cost of care, as they tend to have lower incomes than men, use more medical services, spend more annually on care, and are more likely to face challenges affording and accessing care primarily due to their reproductive healthcare needs, longer life expectancies, and increased risk for multiple chronic diseases.” - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4761820/

Women’s health care in the United States currently contains both inequities and disparities in resource allocation and access. The Map below shows the count of Women's Health Clinics per County Across the United States.

Not all women's health clinics are created equal.


Across the United States locations called 'Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPC)' purport to offer women the care they need. According to the AMA CPC do not offer what may be called comprehensive care.
"Crisis pregnancy centers are organizations that seek to intercept women with unintended pregnancies who might be considering abortion. Their mission is to prevent abortions by persuading women that adoption or parenting is a better option. They strive to give the impression that they are clinical centers, offering legitimate medical services and advice, yet they are exempt from regulatory, licensure, and credentialing oversight that apply to health care facilities. Because the religious ideology of these centers’ owners and employees takes priority over the health and well-being of the women seeking care at these centers, women do not receive comprehensive, accurate, evidence-based clinical information about all available options. Although crisis pregnancy centers enjoy First Amendment rights protections, their propagation of misinformation should be regarded as an ethical violation that undermines women’s health. " - https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/why-crisis-pregnancy-centers-are-legal-unethical/2018-03

And access to comprehensive health care is vital to the well being to women across the country. You may believe that the clinic nearest you will give you unbiased and accurate information. You may believe that the clinic nearest you will offer you medical services and be staffed by medical practitioners. At least 25% of the clinics nationwide in the first map are crisis pregnancy centers. The below map shows the locations of Women's Health Clinics and can be filtered by CPC Status.

Considering only clinics that offer comprehensive care 76% of U.S. counties have none

27,351,670 women live in counties with no health clinics, including CPC. When you remove the CPC and want to know how many women do not have comprehensive health care the number rises to 36,394,896.
8,917,601 women live in counties with only CPC on hand. 22% of women in the United States have no comprehensive health care in their county.

Over 60% of the women's health centers in Mississippi are crisis pregnancy centers!


If you filter the Women's Clinic Locations by Mississippi and setting Crisis Pregnancy Center to no you will see that the majority of Women's Health Clinics in the state are crisis pregnancy centers!
Additionally, 15% of women report having a disability or chronic disease that keeps them from participating fully in work, school, housework, or other activities. Women with Medicaid (29%), low-income women (24%), and older women (21%) are more likely than their counterparts to report having a disability or chronic disease. - https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/issue-brief/womens-health-care-utilization-and-costs-findings-from-the-2020-kff-womens-health-survey/

Which brings us to the states.

Women's health care consists of far more than reproductive rights but access to complete, informative, and unbiased care must take into account the role reproductive rights are controlled by federal and state governments. You can view The Guttmacher Institute's state abortion sentiment classification along with predicted likelihood of each state to ban abortion below.

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