Advocacy

AMSA Statement on Recent Campus Violence and the Public Health Crisis of Gun Violence

After a week marked by horrific violence and continued threats to student safety on college campuses nationwide, the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) reaffirms that gun violence is a public health epidemic. As future physicians in training, we refuse to accept this current status quo and call for commonsense policy solutions guided by science and...

1st Prize Med Student June Essay – When Decisions Redefine Us.

Summer 2025 Essay Contest 1st Prize Winner – Medical Student Category When Decisions Redefine Us. Essay written by Temiloluwa Owolabi   I often wonder where I can practice medicine without compromising the values that are dear to me, if pursuing certain specialties also means preparing for legal battles or if I can be the doctor my...

1st Prize Premed June Essay – Decisions Beyond the Exam Room: Practicing Autonomy in a Post-Dobbs America

Summer 2025 Essay Contest 1st Prize Winner – Premedical Student Category Decisions Beyond the Exam Room: Practicing Autonomy in a Post-Dobbs America Essay written by Pranitha Kaza   The summer of 2022 marked more than a Supreme Court ruling; it was a turning point for how I, and many aspiring physicians, think about care, ethics,...

Reproductive Justice & 15 Years of The Affordable Care Act

  SPOTLIGHT ON HEALTH & REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE  Reproductive Justice & 15 Years of The Affordable Care Act Written by Becky Martin, AMSA Senior Manager of Reproductive Health Advocacy Sunday, March 23rd, marked 15 years since President Obama signed into law The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare as many call it. Since...