Reproductive Health

Future Abortion Providers – Get the Support and Mentoring You Need through AMSA’s Reproductive Health Mentorship Sprint Program!

At a moment when the constitutional recognition and protection of a person’s right to abortion care has been significantly weakened by the recent US Supreme Court’s decision to allow the Texas abortion ban (SB 8)  to go into effect, we in AMSA stand resolute and ready to fight for not just the preservation but also...

TAKE ACTION! Protect Abortion Providers from Texas Vigilante Citizen “Bounty Hunters” Urge Congress to Pass the Women’s Health Protection Act

AMSA Stands for Science, the Health of Our Patients & Colleagues, & the Health of Our Democracy ___________________________________________________________________________________________   AMSA Opposes New Texas Anti-Abortion Law and Enforcement by Vigilante Citizen “Bounty Hunters” AMSA believes reproductive health services are essential to comprehensive health care and we support full access to the entire range of reproductive health...

Reimagining Roe v. Wade at its 48th Anniversary

On the 48th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we join with reproductive health professionals, advocates and activists in “reimagining Roe”: from Abortion Rights to Abortion Justice. Written by Jeff Koetje, MD, AMSA Reproductive Health Programming Strategist. Today we observe the 48th anniversary of the landmark US Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade which affirmed...

The vulnerability of abortion access and training

Written by Shereen Jeyakumar, a medical student and AMSA Reproductive Health Scholar, published in KevinMD.com on October 18, 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed how vulnerable access to abortion care is in the U.S. health care system. Abortion is one of the most time-sensitive, potentially life-altering procedures an individual can undergo, however, lawmakers since March...