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Mridula Shankar

Mridula is a public health researcher with expertise in sexual and reproductive health. Her current work focuses on two overlapping research areas: the first is studying epidemiology and measurement of various aspects of induced abortion—including incidence, safety and quality of care. The second is an exploration of women’s pathways and experiences using medication abortion drugs sourced through the informal health sector to inform opportunities for and barriers to improving the safety and experience of medication abortion self-care.

Seeing Abortion Through the Lens of Public Health

On 24 June 2022, women in the United States (US) lost their constitutional protection to legal abortion. On this day, the Supreme Court reversed a landmark 1973 ruling, known as Roe v Wade, that recognised abortion as a fundamental liberty
July 25, 2022