AMA – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

14 Oct

New JAMA channel will amplify research on women’s health

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For decades, clinical trials enrolled only, or mostly, men as participants, reducing the medical research’s generalizability for physicians and health professionals working to determine the best course of treatment for their female patients. Now, with the proliferation of efforts to reverse that trend, more knowledge is shared every day on the way that sex intersects with health and illness.

For this doctor, LGBTQ+ care is about the mission and the moment

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In June, Dr. Maingi became chair of the AMA LGBTQ+ Section—the newest section at the AMA, created just last year—which addresses issues of interest to LGBTQ+ medical students, residents and fellows, physicians, patients and their allies. “We’re living in a very diverse world, with much more acceptance and acknowledgement that health care is for everybody—that there are differences that are unexplored, and we can't pretend everybody has the same set of needs,” said Dr. Maingi, who is a lesbian.

Statement: The AMA Strongly Opposes Government Interference in Health Care

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The AMA also supports patient access to the full spectrum of reproductive health care options, including abortion and contraception, as a right.