NIH gives Planned Parenthood exec $495K to study ‘oppression’ and abortion

A Planned Parenthood executive is researching “power and oppression” and “reproductive health services” with the help of nearly half a million in taxpayer funds. - Benjamin Rothove 

The study, “Enhancing Policy Impact for Reproductive Health Equity,” will look at “societal dynamics of power and oppression” can affect access to sexual and reproductive health services. The study runs through Aug. 2026.
These “societal dynamics” disproportionately harm “individuals who identify as Black, Indigenous, and people of color… those with disabilities and chronic disease, individuals who are transgender or gender-nonconforming…and people of lower socioeconomic status,” according to study author Elizabeth Janiak.
Janiak is a Harvard University professor whose research “explores how government and institutional policies create inequities in access to and quality of sexual and reproductive health…care,” according to her faculty bio...