Supplemental Reading & Resources

Abortion Training

  • A statement on abortion by 100 professors of obstetrics: 40 years later. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. 2013;209(3):193-199. doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2013.03.007
  • Abortion Training and Education. Accessed May 11, 2023. https://www.acog.org/en/clinical/clinical-guidance/committee-opinion/articles/2014/11/abortion-training-and-education
  • ACOG Committee opinion no. 612: Abortion training and education. Obstet Gynecol. 2014;124(5):1055-1059. doi:10.1097/01.AOG.0000456327.96480.18
  • Blackwell S, Louis JM, Norton ME, et al. Reproductive services for women at high risk for maternal mortality: a report of the workshop of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the Fellowship in Family Planning, and the Society of Family Planning. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2020;222(4):B2-B18. doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2019.12.008
  • Landy U, Turk JK, Simonson K, Koenemann K, Steinauer J. Twenty Years of the Ryan Residency Training Program in Abortion and Family Planning. Contraception. 2021;103(5):305-309. doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2020.12.009
  • Vinekar K, Karlapudi A, Nathan L, Turk JK, Rible R, Steinauer J. Projected Implications of Overturning Roe v Wade on Abortion Training in U.S. Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Programs. Obstet Gynecol. 2022;140(2):146-149. doi:10.1097/AOG.0000000000004832

The Importance of Access to Family Planning and Abortion Care

  • ACOG Committee Opinion No. 613: Increasing access to abortion.

    Obstet Gynecol

    . 2014;124(5):1060-1065. doi:

    10.1097/01.AOG.0000456326.88857.31

  • Espey E, Dennis A, Landy U. The importance of access to comprehensive reproductive health care, including abortion: a statement from women’s health professional organizations. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2019;220(1):67-70. doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2018.09.008

State Laws & Policies

  • The Safety and Quality of Abortion Care in the United States, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (2018), “Chapter 2: State Regulation of Abortion”, p. 76-80.

    https://www.nap.edu/read/24950/chapter/4#76

  • Interactive Map: US Abortion Policies and Access After Roe. Guttmacher Institute.  Accessed May 11, 2023.

    https://states.guttmacher.org/policies/

  • The State Abortion Laws Database, The Policy Surveillance Program. https://lawatlas.org/datasets/abortion-laws            The State Abortion Laws Database is a free, publicly available resource that provides the full texts and citations for laws that impact abortion access in all 50 states.

Reproductive Rights Law

Hospital Policies and Restrictions

Physicians as Advocates

  • Aksel S, Evans ML, Gellhaus TM. Training Physicians in Advocacy: Why It Matters.

    Obstet Gynecol

    . 2017;130(6):1334-1337. doi:

    10.1097/AOG.0000000000002335

  • Earnest MA, Wong SL, Federico SG. Perspective: Physician advocacy: what is it and how do we do it?

    Acad Med

    . 2010;85(1):63-67. doi:

    10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181c40d40

  • Eisenberg DL, Leslie VC. Threats to reproductive health care: time for obstetrician-gynecologists to get involved.

    Am J Obstet Gynecol

    . 2017;216(3):256.e1-256.e4. doi:

    10.1016/j.ajog.2016.10.037

  • Heuser CC, Gibbins KJ, Smid MC, Branch DW. Reproductive rights advocacy: not just for the family-planning community.

    Am J Obstet Gynecol

    . 2017;217(3):322.e1-322.e4. doi:

    10.1016/j.ajog.2017.06.006

  • Phillis M, Hackney DN, Malhotra T. The urgent need for physician-led abortion advocacy.

    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM

    . 2023;5(3):100855. doi:

    10.1016/j.ajogmf.2022.100855

  • Tracy EE. Three is a crowd: the new doctor-patient-policymaker relationship.

    Obstet Gynecol

    . 2011;118(5):1164-1168. doi:

    10.1097/AOG.0b013e31823188d6

  • Weinberger SE, Lawrence HC, Henley DE, Alden ER, Hoyt DB. Legislative Interference with the Patient–Physician Relationship. New England Journal of Medicine. 2012;367(16):1557-1559. doi:10.1056/NEJMsb1209858

Testimony Examples

  • Valerie French Missouri Senate Health and Pensions Committee Hearing

    .; 2021. Accessed May 11, 2023.

  • Colleen McNicholas, Restrictions on Reproductive Health Care Services

    .; 2021. Accessed May 11, 2023.

  • Jen Villavicencio: Louisiana SB 229

    .; 2021. Accessed May 11, 2023.

  • Amy Addante: Louisiana SB 181

    .; 2021. Accessed May 11, 2023.

  • Anna Kuan-Celarier: Louisiana SB 181

    .; 2021. Accessed May 11, 2023.

  • Jamila Perritt: Protecting Title X and Safeguarding Quality Family Planning Care.

    ; 2021. Accessed May 11, 2023.

  • Laurel Rice Senate Bill 154v2.Mp4.; 2021. Accessed May 11, 2023. https://vimeo.com/544658242

Documentaries