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A pregnant woman covering her face while a health care worker attends to her
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AMA helped sway Supreme Court to protect pregnant patients’ privacy

An AMA Litigation Center brief helped establish expectant mothers’ rights and set precedent that continues to protect today.

Judicial Advocacy
A page from the AMA Code of Medical Ethics
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Judge says AMA is right: Title X gag rule violates medical ethics 

A federal judge issued a nationwide injunction to block implementation of a new family-planning gag rule, saying it violated medical ethics and would harm public health.  

Ethics
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Federal judge will enjoin family-planning physician gag rule

The AMA is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit to stop a regulation that would interfere with the patient-physician relationship and politicize medical care.

Judicial Advocacy
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Meet the physician battling the government’s Title X gag rule

Family physician Tom Ewing, MD, is the face of the lawsuit fighting a new regulation that limits what doctors can and cannot say to patients about reproductive health care options.

Judicial Advocacy
Rashmi Kudesia, MD
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Rashmi Kudesia, MD: Helping women understand reproductive health

AMA member Rashmi Kudesia, MD, offers factual insights into reproductive medicine, particularly among minority populations, such as women of color, and lesbian or transgender women.

Population Health
Doctor and patient in exam room with man looming in background
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5 ways new Title X rule threatens patient-physician relationship

AMA files lawsuit to block Title X rule change and protect patient-physician relationship, arguing that government does not belong in exam room.

Judicial Advocacy
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March 7, 2019: Advocacy spotlight on AMA and other health groups strongly object to Title X Family Planning Rule

AMA filed comments to the HHS to express concerns about proposed regulatory changes to Title X.

Advocacy Update
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What you need to know about the Title X Rule

On March 5, 2019, the AMA filed a lawsuit to block the Trump Administration’s rule that would decimate the Title X program and limit the medical advice physicians can give their Title X patients.

Judicial Advocacy
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AMA files suit to block administration’s Title X restrictions

The AMA, along with OMA and PPFA filed suit to block the administration’s rule that would limit the medical advice physicians can give their Title X patients.

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