Health

Can voting create healthier communities? 

Podcast Editor Jazlyn Gallego (MPM ’24) speaks with Aliya Bhatia, Georgetown School of Foreign Service graduate and Executive Director of Vot-ER, to discuss the link between public health and successful democracies. Vot-ER, a national nonprofit 501(C)3 organization, develops nonpartisan civic engagement tools and programs for every corner of the healthcare system—from private practitioners to medical […]

The Pro-Life Paradox: States with the Worst Infant and Maternal Mortality Rates in the United States have the Most Extreme Abortion Laws

Anti-abortion activists neglect to advocate for measures that support parents and children Abortion rights advocates have long argued anti-abortion activists and legislators are simply pro-birth, not pro-life. With the overturning of Roe v. Wade this past summer, trigger laws have gone into effect in many states that enact total or near total bans on all […]