On April 24th, the US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Idaho vs. United States, a lawsuit which centers on whether Idaho’s near total abortion ban conflicts with the requirement for all providers to administer emergency care under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTLA).
Ahead of the Idaho vs. United States oral arguments, The Pacific Abortion Project, the Center for American Progress, Planned Parenthood and Doctors for America are partnering to host a reproductive health advocacy training on Thursday, April 18th at 6pm PST. Learn how to use your platform as a healthcare professional to advance advocacy issues that are important to you and your patients! Please sign up here if you’d like to attend. Those who sign up will receive a zoom link the day of the event via email.
Read more: Health Advocacy Training 4/18Many of the WWAMI states have restricted or essentially eliminated access to abortion since the Dobbs vs Jackson Women’s Health decision in 2022. These conditions make it difficult, if not impossible, for many patients living in our region to access essential reproductive health care. As future providers, we have an incredibly powerful platform to advocate for and against legislation that affects our patients, though it can be difficult to know how to participate in the legislative process when we receive little formal advocacy training.
In the meantime, check out the Center for American Progress’ Storyteller Initiative, which showcases the voices of health professionals in Idaho regarding Idaho’s abortion ban, including two of our WWAMI Idaho students!
The Pacific Abortion Project Leadership Team
What is the Pacific Abortion Project?
We are a WWAMI-wide coalition of students across all years and foundations sites who are committed to improving abortion access and expanding abortion education for medical students.
We started our project by building a website that students rotating in WWAMI can use to learn about abortion care and access across the region. Since then, we’ve worked on various abortion-related projects and hosted virtual and in person events to learn more about the landscape of abortion care, medication abortion by mail, etc. and to raise money for our local abortion fund, NWAAF.
