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Violence & Safety

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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Sign-On Letter: Supports Not Separation 

Healthcare providers dedicate our lives to the wellbeing of families and communities. We have deep concerns about policies that mandate separating newborns from their parents at birth.

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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Decriminalizing Medicine: Ending Punitive Practices in Health Care

In this article, PRH fellow Dr. Meera and PRH community members Megan and MaryBeth examine how punitive health care practices deepen harm and argue that abolitionist, harm-reduction care creates a future grounded in dignity and liberation.

November, 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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Courts Won’t Save Us: Catch Up on SCOTUS Before the New Term

It’s been a hot, hostile summer, and the Supreme Court only turned up the heat by attacking our rights and freedoms. As a new term begins, we know one thing for sure: the courts won’t save us, but our communities will.

October, 2025
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Responding to Targeted Violence in Minnesota

On Saturday June 14, an individual targeted multiple Minnesota state legislators and their spouses with gun violence, tragically ending the lives of former Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark. It was later found that the ind...

June, 2025
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Explainer: It’s Time to End Test and Report Practices

This resource explains how non-consensual drug testing of pregnant people and newborns, known as “test and report,” harms families, fuels racial inequities, and undermines trust in health care.

May, 2025
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Policy Memo: Support the Maternal Health, Dignity, & Consent Act (NY)

This memo outlines why New York must pass the Maternal Health, Dignity, & Consent Act to stop harmful, non-consensual drug testing of pregnant people and newborns.

May, 2025
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