"As federal funding diminishes amid weak legal protections, the conditions that make these public goods possible, including evidence, expertise and independent truth-seeking, have become increasingly fragile."
Tracy Lin writes about why academic freedom needs its own infrastructure in @salon.com
On this last day of Black Maternal Health Week, check out this Unruly Subjects episode with @chenjerai.bsky.social on creating conditions for Black mothers to thrive.
He talks with SisterWeb doula Shantice Edwards and new mom Malajah Rigsby about their beautiful birth journey together
It's Black Maternal Health Week, founded by @blackmamasmatter.bsky.social ten years ago. This year's theme is Rooted in Justice and Joy.
Watch Malajah, a new mom, share how much she loved her birth experience with support from her SisterWeb doula, Shantice.
These anti-immigrant policies harm communities, create more uninsured Californians, and push people into already-impacted ERs for basic care. Everyone benefits when everyone is covered, by stabilizing the health care system we ALL rely on. From @latimes.com #Health4All
"The costs of inaction are not abstract—they will be measured in lost scientific breakthroughs, damage to evidence-based policymaking and a public increasingly unable to rely on academic expertise."
Tracy Lin calls for investment in academic freedom in @salon.com
Led by academic and clinical experts from UCSF, this program will cover women’s health across the lifespan, including topics such as teen hormones and PMS, reproductive resilience, and menopause management.
Learn more about the sessions and speakers at
osher.ucsf.edu/Osher-WISE
#womenshealth
“Every single physician, nurse and health care provider needs to be educated about abortion care."
Dr. Jody Steinauer talked to @statesnewsroom.com about the changing landscape of abortion training and care as abortion has become more restricted in the US
Justice for Cherise Doyley & Brianna Bennett. No judge should ever decide how a woman gives birth. Image of Cherise and Brianna holding their children.
📢Take action to stop forced C-sections! Justice for Cherise Doyley & Brianna Bennett: bit.ly/UFHealthJustice
While in labor, doctors, attorneys, & a judge ambushed the two mothers with a Zoom hearing to force them to have a court-ordered C-section. Help us hold both Florida hospitals accountable!
The evidence is clear: children do not belong in detention. Detaining children is inhumane, and does long-lasting physical and mental harm.
Bixby members proudly signed on to this letter as health experts to call for bringing these kids home.
Congratulations to Dr. Aisha Mays of @dreamyouthclinic.bsky.social on her recognition from the Alameda County Board of Supervisors for Women's History Month.
"Dr. Mays’ philosophy centers reproductive justice and youth agency, advocating for empowering, accessible, youth-centered healthcare."
Training in Early Abortion for Comprehensive Healthcare (TEACH) is looking for a family doctor to be their next NorCal Leadership Fellow.
They're seeking a strong candidate interested in developing critical clinical, teaching, leadership, and advocacy skills in early abortion and contraception.
Listen to Dr. Aisha Mays on @kqedforum.bsky.social talking about how to address child sex trafficking in the Bay Area and @dreamyouthclinic.bsky.social's work providing free health services to young people and survivors of sex trafficking
@ansirh.bsky.social is looking for 1-2 postdoctoral fellows to work on a longitudinal study of abortion access and pregnancy complication care in states with abortion bans.
Learn more and apply here:
“I was afraid of COVID. I’d rather be at home doing it for myself.”
Having the option to inject your own contraception offers many different benefits to people who want it.
Jennifer Karlin of @ucsffamilymed.bsky.social talks about her research and how to get more clinicians to offer this option
There's a lack of standardized nursing education in LGBTQ+ health, leading to gaps in knowledge that impact the care patients receive.
Daphne Scott-Henderson offers a refresher with helpful case studies to deliver, compassionate, culturally sensitive care in @americannurses.bsky.social
Celebrate Abortion Providers A design of abortion providers surrounded by clouds and the sun.
There have always been abortion providers and there will always be abortion providers.
Today we celebrate our Bixby members who provide abortion care and everyone who makes abortion care possible. #CelebrateAbortionProviders
Nurse practitioners are a lifeline for millions who live in healthcare deserts. A new proposed federal rule would strip NPs of access to education funds, putting the workforce at risk.
@coryellen.bsky.social writes about the dangers of this rule in @nursingclio.bsky.social
The Repro Health Hotline from @ucsffamilymed.bsky.social is staffed by experts in sexual and reproductive health and offers free and confidential support for healthcare providers nationwide.
Check out this video to learn how to access the hotline, real-word scenarios where ReproHH can help, & more
"When hospitals allow immigration enforcement to override medical judgment and patient privacy, they transform spaces of care into instruments of state violence, harming patients and providers alike."
Dr. Theresa Cheng in @sfchronicle.com
When people sense that healthcare providers are acting paternalistically and not prioritizing what they want as patients, they distrust the medical system and look elsewhere for information.
Often they find misinformation or bad actors sharing disinformation.
Dr. Theresa Cheng draws from her experience as an emergency physician, a human rights lawyer, and someone who has tracked outbreaks of disease in ICE detention facilities to warn about the urgent need to address measles spreading at Dilley detention center.
Read more in @medpagetoday.com
Want to be a reproductive health leader, generate new research and policy, and advance curricula on reproductive justice?
Abortion Care Training Incubator for Outstanding Nurse Scholars (ACTIONS) is seeking a postdoctoral fellow whose research focuses on abortion and/or contraception in the US.
New research found that women in Uganda who used self-injectable birth control showed increases in contraceptive agency, more than women who used other methods of birth control.
Join SisterWeb and Birthland on April 17 for the Birth Justice Prom—a joyful event celebrating a shared commitment to birth justice and the belief that every birthing person deserves safe, dignified care.
Learn more and get tickets here: givebutter.com/c/tVsgOL
Even if ICE is leaving Minnesota, the consequences — including delayed abortions, missed cancer visits, fewer people getting birth control — will be felt for a long time
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ANSIRH is hiring 3 students to work closely with faculty and staff on our Abortion Facility Database! The student interns will be responsible for updating ANSIRH’s national database of abortion-providing facilities.
Apply by 2/22!
“I have no hesitation, for patients who really need it, of giving someone Zofran.”
Dr. Arianna Cassidy explains how Zofran is safe during pregnancy and can provide much-needed relief from morning sickness
Out of over 20,000 FDA-approved drugs, only 73 have active REMS—additional requirements that can make medication harder to get.
So it raised flags when the FDA put a REMS on Nexplanon, a birth control device available since 2011.
Read more from @garnethenderson.com at @autonomynews.co
The people of Missouri voted to ensure access to abortion. Yet there are dozens of burdensome restrictions still on the books.
@drdgrossman.bsky.social of @ansirh.bsky.social testified in a case challenging these laws under Missouri's new constitutional protections for reproductive health
