Advocacy

When Decisions Redefine Us.

AMSA Reproductive Health Project June 2025 Essay Contest Winner: Medical Student Category  Student Name: 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 patients need without...

Decisions Beyond the Exam Room: Practicing Autonomy in a Post-Dobbs America

AMSA Reproductive Health Project June 2025 Essay Contest Winner: Premedical Student Category  Student Name: 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, and community. When the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision...

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...

Walking in the Footsteps of Courage 

  SPOTLIGHT ON ABORTION CARE & REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE  Walking in the Footsteps of Courage  Written by Joy Udoh, AMSA Reproductive Health Project Fellow There are many exciting things about the field of OB/GYN that I am looking forward to as July approaches: the joy of supporting a patient through all nine months of gestation, providing...