273442 Silver Ribbon Campaign to Trust Women

Tuesday, October 30, 2012 : 2:50 PM - 3:10 PM

Sophia Yen, MD, MPH , c/o Division of Adolescent Medicine, Stanford Medical School University, Stanford, CA
     
The Silver Ribbon Campaign to Trust Women is breaking new ground in bringing unity and visibility to women's rights organizations. As a pediatrician specializing in adolescent medicine, my clinical work and my advocacy both involve increasing reproductive freedom and reproductive justice. However, state legislators and Congress have taken an increasing number of actions to limit affordable and legal access to birth control and abortion. I describe these challenges and their consequences for public health as adolescents deal with insufficient resources and progress into adulthood.

Learning Areas:
Advocacy for health and health education
Clinical medicine applied in public health
Diversity and culture
Other professions or practice related to public health
Provision of health care to the public
Public health or related public policy

Learning Objectives:
Describe the Trust Women/Silver Ribbon Campaign. Explain why participants should stay informed about reproductive justice and promote its realization. Assess the prospects for a successful celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade. decision in Jan 2013

Keywords: Reproductive Health, Abortion

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have been a long-time supporter of reproductive rights and advocate for reproductive rights. I co-founded the Silver Ribbon Campaign to Trust Women. I am an adolescent medicine provider and see teenagers for general healthcare and reproductive health care. I have done research on reproductive healthcare activities of undergraduate students and knowledge of birth control and STDs.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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