Advocacy

Our Voices, Our Votes, Our Future

Written by Rohini Kousalya Siva, AMSA National President-elect & Board of Trustees Reproductive Health Project Liaison, Rohini is a 4th year medical student at Eastern Virginia Medical School.   Our Voices, Our Votes, Our Future It has been 135 days since the U.S. Supreme Court reversed nearly 50 years of precedent and overturned its 1973...

September is here | AMSA President’s Column

Hey there fAMSA! First, let me introduce myself, my name is Dr. Michael Walls and I am AMSA’s National President. This is going to be the first of many Presidential Addresses so I can keep you up to date on what we’ve been up to and what we have coming up! So what have we...

Great Gains in Healthcare Pass Congress

AMSA Celebrates Monumental Inflation Reduction Act Passage Today, the House and Senate have sent the most progressive health care legislation since the Affordable Care Act to President Biden’s desk. When President Biden finally signs the bill, it will have long standing and significant impacts on the lives of millions of people. AMSA applauds Senate Democrats...

Calling Out Scientific Misinformation and Protecting Transgender Youth

Calling Out Scientific Misinformation and Protecting Transgender Youth AMSA Endorses an Expert Report: “Biased Science: The Texas and Alabama Measures Criminalizing Treatment for Transgender Children and Adolescents Rely on Innacurate and Misleading Scientific Claims” By: Kyle Gavulic, Shamik Bhat, and Bassel Shanab 2021 set a dismal record: states across the country collectively introduced a total...