AMSA knows empowering medical students to use their unique voice to advocate for high-quality, affordable and sustainable health for all is essential to establish a just and equitable health system that can meet the needs of all in America.
Reproductive justice has never been assured in this country, but the threats to abortion access are more serious now than at any point in our lifetimes.
Medical students offer a fresh and diverse perspective into the current realities of our system and are indispensable in the fight for reproductive health and abortion access. We offer the resources below to encourage, inspire and uplift the voices of future physicians.
Resources will be updated weekly, please check back often and share with your friends, colleagues, and classmates.
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News & Journal Highlights ~ Facts & Resources
ABORTION IN THE NEWS
- Roe v. Wade at 50 (Almost): What Abortion Access Looks Like After Constitutional Right Overturned (Democracy Now)
- A Promising New Path to Protect Abortion Access
(NY Times Editorial) - Religious leaders file lawsuit to block Missouri’s abortion ban (PBS News Hour)
- [Maine Gov.] Janet Mills proposes allowing abortions past 24 weeks if doctors recommend them
(Bangor Daily News) - FDA argues public harm if court reverses abortion pill approval (The Hill)
- Deeper Dive
New York City Now Providing Free Abortion Pills
includes interview w Dr. Kristyn Brandi, ACOG Darney-Landy Fellow (CBS News)
- Deeper Dive
ABORTION IN THE JOURNALS
- Advancing Birth Equity in a Post-Dobbs US (JAMA)
- Diane Greene Foster, PhD, MA recognized as one of ten people who helped shape science in 2022.
After the US Supreme Court allowed states to ban abortion, this demographer set out to track the consequences. (Nature ) - Inequity in US Abortion Rights and Access:
The End of Roe Is Deepening Existing Divides
(Guttmacher Analysis) - Abortion bans, low wages, and public underinvestment are interconnected economic policy tools to disempower and control workers
(Economic Policy Institute)
ABORTION KEY FACTS
- 1 out of 4 U.S. women will have an abortion by age 45
- The Hyde amendment has blocked federal funding of abortion care for people who get their health coverage through a federal program since 1976
- 100 days Post-Roe: At least 66 clinics across 15 states have stopped providing abortion care
- 95% of women who sought, and were able to access, abortion care report it was the right decision for them over five years after the procedure.
RESOURCES TO LIFT YOUR VOICE
- AMSA Tips – Writing Letters-to-the-Editor
- AMSA Tips – Writing Your Congress Members
- Abortion Care in States Post-Roe
- Abortion Care & Maternal Health
AMSA Key Facts & Talking Points - AMSA State Health Indicator Dashboard
and State Fact Sheets
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