Dear John, 

As we face a period of dire challenges to abortion access, our physician advocates continue to work to broaden health care access and to center the communities most harmed by restrictive laws and systems.

I’m sharing just a few highlights from this month, including a new report PRH co-authored addressing the links between the growing criminalization of abortion and broader patterns of surveillance, policing and criminalization of communities who have been historically marginalized.

At the Supreme Court, its failure to issue a decision this month on Texas’ abortion ban means continued harm for patients, families, and providers. The Court will next hear Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization – the most consequential abortion rights case in nearly 50 years – on December 1. Stay tuned for updates.

And one last thing: #GivingTuesday is November 30th and your support has never been more critical. All gifts to PRH will be matched up $15,000 – give now and double your impact today.

Thank you for your support.

—Dr. Jamila Perritt, President & CEO

New Report: Abortion Decriminalization is Part of the Larger Struggle Against Policing and Criminalization

PRH and its organizational partners are excited to share a brand new resource showing how abortion decriminalization is part of the larger struggle against policing and criminalization, and how we fight back together. PRH President & CEO Dr. Jamila Perritt is a contributor to the report.

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Abortion is not lack of an option. It is an option.

In a letter to the editor, Fellow Dr. Aishat Olatunde pushed back on a recent Washington Post article that amplified crisis pregnancy centers that try to dissuade people from seeking abortions using deceitful and dishonest tactics.

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Hear Provider Origin Stories on the rePROs Fight Back Podcast

Our Fellows Dr. Jennifer Chin, Dr. Deyang Nyandak, Dr. Toni Marengo, and Dr. Christina Bourne joined the latest episode of the rePROs Fight Back Podcast to share how they came to provide abortion care and their experiences working in the field.

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PRH President & CEO Talks Hopes for Future of Reproductive Health Care

On the Our Body Politic podcast, Dr. Jamila Perritt discussed the intersection of politics and reproductive health care and her hopes for a future where medicine is free of politics.

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On the blog: Our Advocates Take Congress by (Virtual) Storm

MiQuel Davies, PRH’s Assistant Director of Public Policy, recaps last week’s virtual lobby day where our physicians met with 30 congressional offices to urge their support for critical policies that would expand access to abortion care, like the EACH Act and the Women’s Health Protection Act.

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Meet Our Advocates: Dr. Aishat Olatunde

Get to know Dr. Aishat Olatunde (she/her) from our LTA Class of 2022 – she’s an ob/gyn in Pennsylvania who is motivated to advocate against medically unnecessary and oppressive barriers to abortion care.

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