At Your Cervix
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At Your Cervix breaks the silence around the unethical methods used to teach pelvic exams to medical providers. We believe in empowering & pain-free gynecology.
Joined March 2012
The public hearing for H.2146/S.1333 - bills to ban non-consensual intimate exams in Massachusetts - is THIS THURSDAY, September 20! Find more information here:
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This is another unacceptable way in which patient consent is marginalized, not prioritized or taken seriously. And the way that misogyny thrives in medicine because women’s labor, MD or otherwise is not valued or respected.
Recently I told another doctor I couldn’t interpret for them b/c I’m not officially an interpreter & they told the pt I “didn’t want to help them.” I can’t shake the feeling of sadness & guilt since then. Any tips for approaching this in the future?
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New: For decades, patients warned Columbia about the behavior of obstetrician Robert Hadden. One even called 911 and had him arrested. Columbia let him keep working.
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For decades, patients warned Columbia about the behavior of obstetrician Robert Hadden. One even called 911 and had him arrested. Columbia let him keep working.
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“In 1992, Kris Kristofferson comforted Sinéad O'Connor when she was booed off the stage at a Bob Dylan anniversary concert. He later wrote this for her. May we all have her courage. May we all tell the truth. —- "I'm singing this song for my sister Sinead Concerning the god
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👏👏👏👏 Go Advocates for Youth!!! Such amazing work you always do. #advocacy #reproductivejustice
Don't let anyone ever tell you "organizing doesn't work" because uh... we did that💅 #FreeThePill
https://t.co/4cNOdX3nO6
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@PattyMurray Another cool element of this bill: Provisions that would increase the representation of disabled people on the physician and nursing workforces
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And shoutout to @PattyMurray for giving a statement that includes the word “abortion,” proving it CAN be done
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Another exclusive from me today: @PattyMurray and @TammyDuckworth are reintroducing a bill to help disabled people access reproductive health care. @AyannaPressley and @CoriBush are introducing companion legislation in the House
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An important piece about what it means to be a woman, BIPOC and queer in academic medicine. #stillathing #sexism #medicaleducation #academicmedicine I am one of those women who left academic medicine @hongkongfong
https://t.co/oWHLn2U64u via @kevinmd
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Women leaving academic medicine in large numbers, struggling with microinequities and lack of advancement opportunities, led me to leave my position as an assistant professor and pursue a more...
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Update - due to a fire at the Massachusetts state house, the public hearing for this bill had to be postponed. We will let you know as soon as a new hearing is scheduled.
The #Massachusetts state legislature's Joint Committee on Public Health will hold a public hearing to consider a bill requiring consent for all intimate exams on unconscious patients on Wednesday, July 26. Stay tuned for further details! #consent #choice #reproductiverights
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The #Massachusetts state legislature's Joint Committee on Public Health will hold a public hearing to consider a bill requiring consent for all intimate exams on unconscious patients on Wednesday, July 26. Stay tuned for further details! #consent #choice #reproductiverights
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Your religion does not prohibit me from anything. It prohibits you. Learn the difference. Denying equal rights to another group of human beings based on your religious beliefs is still called bigotry. Religion is about helping others and controlling yourself. When it becomes
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A note to all care providers: There is NO mandate to report someone you suspect (or know) has self managed their abortion. In fact, it's in violation of privacy laws, antithetical public health and human rights frameworks and causes harm. #stopcallingthepoliceonpatients #donoharm
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The manual abortion vacuum aspiration workshop was incredible. Educating future physicians about abortion is so important. And this procedure is so simple and safe, all doctors who work with patient bodies and genitals should learn it. Thanks @AMSANational for this! #FP4Change
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Many folks have been looking for new ways of screening that are not as invasive as the pelvic exam has been. At LA Pride this month there was a booth where folks could do their own pap smears. Let’s liberate patients from the speculum? https://t.co/sndqscIrW6 via @BostonGlobe
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The invasive duck-billed metal device has been the bane of routine checkups for 180 years. It’s time to reinvent the pelvic exam.
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Dr. Kristyn Brandi got a standing ovation on her keynote about civil disobedience at #fp4change @AMSANational @DrKBrandi
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These cases are so unacceptable. She was fined and reprimanded but could have had her license taken away. -#AbortionIsHealthcare #CivilDisobedience #fp4change @AMSANational
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Doctors took an oath. Laws being passed outlawing abortion directly conflicts with that oath. What should they do? #AbortionIsHealthcare #GenderAffirmingCare
#fp4change @AMSANational
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Keynote on Teaching Civil Disobedience in Medical Training with Kristyn Brandi at #FP4Change is raising questions about breaking the law as physicians, going to protests? Not charging/billing for things? What risks are we taking? Crazy we have to ask these questions @AMSANational
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