Gender & Sexuality

Sept 28 AMSA Town Hall – Reproductive Justice Points the Way: Why & How Reproductive Health Medical Education Must Change

AMSA Reproductive Health Town Hall Reproductive Justice Points the Way: Why & How Reproductive Health Medical Education Must Change September 28 8:00 – 9:30pmET Join us for a night of necessary, challenging – and inspiring – conversation! Livestream @AMSAnational – or – Register Here    Responding to the moral and ethical call from the Reproductive Justice Movement...

Join AMSA Reproductive Health National Town Hall – Livestream Sept 28 at 8pmET

Save the Date! AMSA Reproductive Health National Town Hall Reproductive Justice Points the Way: Why & How Reproductive Health Medical Education Must Change Thursday, September 28, 8:00pm – 9:30pm ET  Livestream @AMSAnational REGISTER NOW Join AMSA National Leaders, Chapter Officers, members and allies across the country and around the world for a powerful and compelling...

I’m an Aspiring OB-GYN. Here Is Why I Won’t Do My Residency in Any State With an Abortion Ban.

Cross-posted from Ms. Magazine, written by Rohini Kousalya Siva, MD, MPH, MS, National AMSA President. Originally published August 10, 2023. This September, I will join thousands of medical students applying for OB-GYN residencies in states across the country. For students like me, applying to residency programs is supposed to be an exciting step towards a...

Loss of the Federal Right to Abortion Care at the 1-year Mark – Virginia: The Final Bastion of Bodily Autonomy in the South

  Loss of the Federal Right to Abortion Care at the 1-year Mark Virginia: The Final Bastion of Bodily Autonomy in the South By Elissa Cleland, AMSA Gender & Sexuality Chair and rising MS2 at Eastern Virginia Medical School As a Virginia resident all of my life, I am well aware of the polarized cultural...