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
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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
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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
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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
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Understanding the Federal Courts, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/understanding-federal-courts.pdf
- Goldberg J. The Undue Burden Standard after June Medical Services v. Russo. Center for Reproductive Rights. Published September 15, 2020. Accessed May 11, 2023. https://reproductiverights.org/the-undue-burden-standard-after-june-medical-services-v-russo/
Hospital Policies and Restrictions
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American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. ACOG Committee Opinion No. 385 November 2007: the limits of conscientious refusal in reproductive medicine.
Obstet Gynecol
. 2007;110(5):1203-1208. doi:
10.1097/01.AOG.0000291561.48203.27
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Freedman, Lori, “Faith-Based Hospitals Lecture,” Innovating Education in Reproductive Health.
https://www.innovating-education.org/2017/01/explained-faith-based-hospitals-lecture/
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Harris LH. Recognizing conscience in abortion provision.
N Engl J Med
. 2012;367(11):981-983. doi:
10.1056/NEJMp1206253
- Zeldovich VB, Rocca CH, Langton C, Landy U, Ly ES, Freedman LR. Abortion Policies in U.S. Teaching Hospitals: Formal and Informal Parameters Beyond the Law. Obstet Gynecol. 2020;135(6):1296-1305. doi:10.1097/AOG.0000000000003876
Physicians as Advocates
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Valerie French Missouri Senate Health and Pensions Committee Hearing
.; 2021. Accessed May 11, 2023.
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Colleen McNicholas, Restrictions on Reproductive Health Care Services
.; 2021. Accessed May 11, 2023.
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Jen Villavicencio: Louisiana SB 229
.; 2021. Accessed May 11, 2023.
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Amy Addante: Louisiana SB 181
.; 2021. Accessed May 11, 2023.
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Anna Kuan-Celarier: Louisiana SB 181
.; 2021. Accessed May 11, 2023.
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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
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After Tiller
.; 2013.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2430104/
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Trapped
.; 2016.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5259692/
- Reversing Roe.; 2018. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8948614/