Advocacy

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...

May 15 AMSA Town Hall – Abortion Care Post-Roe: A View from Providers & the Lawyers Who Defend Them

Reproductive Justice Town Hall Voices from the Front Lines of Health Justice: Uniting Medical & Law Students in Education & Action     Abortion Care Post-Roe: A View from Providers & the Lawyers Who Defend Them   May 15 from 8:00 – 9:00pmET Join the Livestream @AMSAnational – or – Register Here  **Free AMSA T-shirts for the first 20...

AMSA Statement: Court Decision Wrong on Science & Medicine Threatens Safe, Effective FDA-Approved Abortion Medication

  Statement from the AMSA Board of Trustees Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA Decision Threatens Safe & Effective FDA-Approved Medication Abortion Across the Country Appellate Court Ruling is Wrong on Facts, Science & Medicine On the evening of Friday, April 7th, a federal district judge in Texas, Matthew Kacsmaryk, whose own anti-abortion ideology is well...

AMSA Honors the 6th Annual Black Maternal Health Week 2023

AMSA Honors the 6th Annual Black Maternal Health Week 2023 Black Maternal Health Week (BMHW) is a week-long campaign that is held annually on April 11-17th. BMHW intentionally begins on April 11th to coincide the start of International Maternal Health and Rights Day, joining global organizations in advocating for maternal health and justice worldwide. BMHW was...