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Dr. Verma Testifies Before the Senate on Safety of Medication Abortion

Today, Dr. Nisha Verma, ob/gyn who provides care in Georgia and Massachusetts and Fellow with Physicians for Reproductive Health, is testifying before the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

January, 2026
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SCOTUS Hears Cases on Trans Inclusion in Sports

Today, the Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in cases where transgender youth are once again forced to challenge laws that isolate and dehumanize them. These bans are inherently violent and threaten the freedoms of us all.

January, 2026
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PRH Files Amicus Brief to Maryland Supreme Court

On January 12, Physicians for Reproductive Health, Doing Right By Birth , and several physicians who practice in Maryland, including Dr. Carolyn Sufrin, filed an amicus brief  to the Supreme Court of Maryland explaining the grave health consequences...

January, 2026
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PRH responds to ICE violence in Minneapolis

Yesterday, an ICE officer in Minneapolis murdered legal observer Renee Nicole Good while in the car with her wife. Dr. Jamila Perritt, ob/gyn in Washington DC and President & CEO of Physicians for Reproductive Health responds.

January, 2026
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Trump Admin Proposes Gender-Affirming Care Bans

Today the Trump Administration released two proposed rules intentionally designed to make gender affirming care for young people impossible to access. Dr. Jamila Perritt, ob/gyn in Washington DC and President & CEO of Physicians for Reproductive Heal...

December, 2025
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50+ Reproductive Rights-Aligned Orgs Call Out Anti-Abortion Tactics in Recent Anti-Trans Bills

PRH and more than 50 reproductive health, rights, and justice organizations are calling out two anti-transgender health care bills that mirror long-standing attacks on abortion access and bodily autonomy.

December, 2025
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SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments on CPC Case

Today, the Supreme Court of the United States is hearing oral arguments in First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, Inc. v. Platkin. Dr. Jamila Perritt, ob/gyn and abortion provider in Washington DC and President & CEO of Physicians for Reproductive He...

December, 2025
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HHS Releases Anti-Trans “Report”

Today, the Department of Health and Human Services released a new “report” reviewed by known anti-trans individuals. Dr. Jamila Perritt, President & CEO of Physicians for Reproductive Health and ob/gyn in Washington DC responds.

November, 2025
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Senate Passes Gender-Affirming Care Ban for Servicemembers

Today the United States Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act including bans on funding for gender-affirming care. Dr. Meera Shah, family medicine physician from New York and Board Member with Physicians for Reproductive Health respond...

October, 2025
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SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments on Harmful Conversion Therapy

Today, the Supreme Court of the United States is hearing oral arguments in Chiles v. Salazar, a case that will determine whether or not states are allowed to protect young people from the harmful practices of conversion therapy.

October, 2025
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