Professional Summary
Bio:
A nationally recognized researcher studying US abortion and contraception policy, Aalap Ooha Bommaraju (they/them) examines how activists challenge race, gender, and class-based inequalities in access to reproductive healthcare within healthcare organizations, health policy institutions, and the broader culture.
Contact:
email: bommarap@ucmail.uc.edu
Recent Journal Articles:
Jeyifo, Megan, Aalap Ooha Bommaraju, and Qudsiyyah Shariyf. 2023. “Chicago Abortion Fund: Shaping Change: 99 Steps Towards Justice.” Portable Gray 6 (1): 70–95. https://doi.org/10.1086/725616
Zuniga, Carmela, Aalap Bommaraju, Lee Hasselbacher, Debra Stulberg, and Terri-Ann Thompson. 2022. “Provider and Community Stakeholder Perspectives of Expanding Medicaid Coverage of Abortion in Illinois.” BMC Health Services Research 22 (March): 413. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8960679/
Hasselbacher, Lee, Carmela Zuniga, Aalap Bommaraju, Terri-Ann Thompson, and Debra Stulberg. 2021. “Lessons Learned: Illinois Providers’ Perspectives on Implementation of Medicaid Coverage for Abortion.” Contraception 103 (6): 414–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2021.02.008
Kim, Emily, Sachika Singh, Aalap Bommaraju, Alison H. Norris, and Danielle Bessett. 2021. “‘We Have to Respect That Option’: The Abortion Aversion Complex in Safety-Net Healthcare Organizations.” Social Science & Medicine 291 (December): 114468. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114468