Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Hospitalized Women Giving Birth With and Without COVID-19

stedt that courts must weigh the health benefit of a law that regulates abortion against the harm it imposes in terms of constrained access.A law with no demonstrated benefit, and that restricted access to abortion services, was deemed unconstitutional.However, the Court's current conservative majority has put in question the future of this balancing test and the protection of the fundamental right to choose to have an abortion.The worrisome increase in state-level restriction on abortions is part of a larger trend of politicians ignoring science and the views of medical experts in favor of ideology and partisan politics.This pattern has been seen during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic as well.If states refuse to issue orders that require masks or enforce social distancing, the federal government should be more assertive in protecting public health.Similarly, the federal government should protect people from state laws that impose restrictions on access to abortion care.Politicized responses to health care challenges are harmful and undermine public health and well-being.This is just as true for reproductive health as it is for responding to COVID-19.