The University of Maryland Baltimore held a seminar on the impacts of the overturning of Roe v Wade. The panel, hosted by President Bruce E. Jarrell, had a committee consisting of multiple UMB highly skilled health care professionals and professors. The conversation was mainly led by Nadine M. Finigan-Carr, Stacey Stephens, Danya Qato, and Jessica R. Lee.
Finigan-Carr is a research associate professor and director of the prevention of Adolescent Risks Initiative at the University of Maryland School of Social Work.
Stephens, LCSW-C, is the director of B’more, which is an initiative meant to combat the infant mortality rate in Baltimore of Maryland, for healthy babies at the Baltimore of Maryland School of Social Work.
Qato, Ph.D., PharmD, MPH, is an assistant professor and director of the Pharmaceutical Health Services Research Graduate Program at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy.
Lee, MD, is an assistant professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences.
The panel discussed various questions regarding the impact of Roe v Wade’s decision on issues such as maternal health, mental wellness, family care, and economic equality.
