Abortion care is no stranger to the oppressive weight of political ideology, and the current furor over transgender youth healthcare, emblemized by a slew of attacks in state capitals across the country exemplifies a resurgent threat to evidence-based medical practice, patients’ health and lives, and physicians’ consciences and careers.
Author: Jennifer Villavicencio
Jennifer Villavicencio, MD, MPP, is a Cuban American obstetrician-gynecologist. She is an expert in complex family planning, health policy and strategic communication of socially complex subjects. In addition to clinical caregiving, her passions include reproductive justice-informed health policy, structural equity and anti-racism, and effective messaging around abortion. She serves as the lead for equity transformation at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.