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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...

International Transgender Day of Visibility: Anti-Trans Legislation & Call to Action

Written by Nikitha Balaji, AMSA LGBT+ Health Coordinator for Gender & Sexuality Action Committee and incoming M1 International Transgender Day of Visibility: Anti-Trans Legislation & Call to Action Today – March 31st, 2023 – AMSA celebrates the 14th annual International Transgender Day of Visibility. International Transgender Day of Visibility is a day which is dedicated...