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Voices from the Frontlines: Loretta Ross Unveils the Roots and Calls in the Future of Reproductive Justice

Voices from the Frontlines: Loretta Ross Unveils the Roots and Calls in the Future of Reproductive Justice Interview and transcript by Anna Hindman, AMSA Reproductive Health Project Fellow and 4th year medical student at Touro University California College of Osteopathic Medicine   We are so excited to be joined for our first interview of our...

AMSA Marks 51st Anniversary of Roe v. Wade with Launch of New Reproductive Health Leadership Program

AMSA Marks 51st Anniversary of Roe v. Wade with Launch of New Reproductive Health Leadership Program Today, January 22, 2024 we mark the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade.  As we stated in a previous On Call post, “while we grieve the loss of the constitutional protections granted in Roe, and acknowledge the fragility of...

AMSA Dissents SCOTUS’s Discriminatory Decision Against LGBTQIA+

By J Conrado, AMSA Gender & Sexuality Advocacy Coordinator and M2 at EVMS, Nikitha Balaji, AMSA Health Policy Gender and Sexuality Coordinator and M1 at CWRU SOM, Elissa Cleland, AMSA Gender & Sexuality Chair and M2 at EVMS, Trevor Lyford, AMSA Health Policy Chair and M2 at EVMS, and Rohini Kousalya Siva, National AMSA President,...

AMSA Denounces Supreme Court Decision Regarding Affirmative Action

By Trevor Lyford,  Nikita Balaji, Annelise Silva, and Rohini Kousalya Siva   On Thursday, June 29, 2023, in the case of Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina,  The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled that the admissions programs...