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3 MIN READ

Nov. 1, 2018: Judicial Advocacy Update

Learn more about the AMA Litigation Center's support on cases good-faith clinical decisions and abortion rights to unaccompanied migrant minors.

Advocacy Update
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Should abortion rights extend to unaccompanied migrant minors?

All women, including unaccompanied migrant minors, have the right to access abortion in a timely, confidential way, the AMA and other physician organizations tell the court.

Population Care
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3 MIN READ

HHS should withdraw proposed family-planning gag rule

The proposed regulation affecting Title X providers would interfere with the patient-physician relationship and deprive patients of information on the full range of family-planning options.

Population Care
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4 MIN READ

Untangling the medical ethics of prescribing opioids

Patient-centered decision-making can help physicians resolve ethical issues in pain management that arise when prescribing opioids or treating substance-use disorder.

Ethics
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4 MIN READ

Physicians are fighting on the front lines of the opioid crisis

Physicians are fighting the opioid crisis through responsible opioid prescribing and grassroots programs tailored to their communities.

Overdose Epidemic
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15 MIN READ

AMA opposes proposed rule on Title X family planning program

AMA urged HHS Secretary to withdraw the Administration’s NPRM that proposes to revise the regulations governing the federal Title X family planning program.

Press Releases
Tanya Spirtos, MD
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4 MIN READ

No easy calls in high court case on crisis pregnancy centers

AMA attorneys argued that unethical behavior at crisis pregnancy centers demonstrated a California law passed “strict scrutiny” test for regulating speech.

Physician-Patient Relationship
Tani Malhotra, MD, maternal fetal medicine fellow
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3 MIN READ

Tani Malhotra, MD: Empowering patients, residents for change

AMA member Tani Malhotra, MD, has useful guidance to share with those who need care and the new physicians who deliver it.

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Leadership
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AMA: Remove barriers to opioid-use disorder treatment

Treating opioid-use disorder as a chronic disease means eliminating stigma and removing barriers to treatment, AMA House of Delegates says.

Overdose Epidemic