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AMA to court: Illegal firearm sales are public health emergency

The AMA and Wisconsin Medical Society stake physicians’ role in the debate over how to address gun violence.

Judicial Advocacy
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May 3, 2019: Judicial Advocacy Update

Learn more about the AMA's role in rulings for the Title X gag rule and North Dakota's cap on noneconomic damages.

Advocacy Update
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AMA helped sway Supreme Court to protect pregnant patients’ privacy

An AMA Litigation Center brief helped establish expectant mothers’ rights and set precedent that continues to protect today.

Judicial Advocacy
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Why the AMA is committed to a diverse physician workforce

Texas Tech’s decision to no longer consider race in medical school admissions decisions is a setback to the profession’s efforts on diversity and health equity.

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Court rejects Trump administration rule as “end-run around” ACA

The decision halts effort to expand association health plans, protecting patients from skimpy coverage and discrimination on the basis of pre-existing conditions.

Judicial Advocacy
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Federal judge will enjoin family-planning physician gag rule

The AMA is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit to stop a regulation that would interfere with the patient-physician relationship and politicize medical care.

Judicial Advocacy
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Meet the physician battling the government’s Title X gag rule

Family physician Tom Ewing, MD, is the face of the lawsuit fighting a new regulation that limits what doctors can and cannot say to patients about reproductive health care options.

Judicial Advocacy
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Exclusionary bathroom policies harm transgender students

Transgender students’ health, safety and well-being is jeopardized when they’re forced to use bathrooms that don’t match gender identity, physicians say.

Judicial Advocacy
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April 4, 2019: National Advocacy Update

Improving access to care, surprise billing and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update