The Supreme Court is set to overturn a precedent that protects a woman's choice to have an abortion, according to a leaked draft. The move would be devastating to the women's reproductive rights movement and a huge blow to healthcare in the United States.
The founders of digital health startup spoke about how the overturn will affect women. The future could clash with the mission of the startup, especially if they are specifically focused on women's health.
The chief executive of Expectful said that restriction to women's access to safe abortion services will lead to adverse health implications for countless women. She knew that being a pregnant Black woman was at risk regardless of economic background.
While Expectful mostly works with women who are on the journey to motherhood, the app dedicates an entire unpaywalled section of its content to how to navigate pregnancy loss. It is in the process of adding a section on abortions to its library, and that should be finalized by the end of the month.
Expectful is a digital health startup that serves women. 42% of the money raised by women last year was invested in healthcare companies with a female founder or co- founder. The share was less than 25% in 2011. One of the first women's health companies to be valued at $1 billion was called Maven.
As a support service for pregnant loss and high-risk care management, Maven was founded by Kate Ryder. The platform works with employers to give their employees a range of services. A core tenant of the company is that all people have the right to make private decisions about their bodies and their wellbeing, and to decide when, if, and how to have a child.
The Texas legislature passed a law that banned abortion after six weeks of age, and that's when Maven began to mobilize. She said that American companies will cover expenses for women seeking out-of-state care if they use the Maven Wallet app.
Hey Jane is a digital abortion clinic that connects patients to licensed medical providers and delivers abortion pills to doorsteps. The overturn makes abortion care via mail the most viable form of access for most of the country, according to the startup. The states account for over half of the abortion volume worldwide.
She expects a lack of education among consumers to be a hurdle. The majority of abortions performed in the US are viai medication.
After the Texas ban, Hey Jane has seen an increase in patients. It is important for California and New York to prioritize legislation that protects providers in-state and out of state.
While we wait for the official decision to come down, Hey Jane is more dedicated than ever to putting the power back in people's hands.
Lauren Berson founded digital fertility program Conceive to better support women on one of the loneliest journeys in healthcare. Conceive will do everything in its power to live our values and will donate to local abortion funds.
We need to educate our community on how abortion is health care. This is just a draft. It is not yet final. She said that the wake up call might be needed.
Alife, Waymark and Maven are digital health companies that focus on women's health and equity.
Like many women and allies at the intersection of healthcare, tech, and policy, my phone has been buzzing with notifications. Her top priorities are to mobilize public discourse and give to employees and employers.
Human rights include reproductive rights and women's health is population health. They are inextricable, she says. More soon.
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