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      • Promoting Gender Equity
      • Tackling Public Health Issues
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AMWA Advocacy

Recent Position Papers

ETHICAL ISSUES

  • Aid in Dying (Position Paper)
  • Aid in Dying (Brief of Amicus Curiae)
  • Gender Equity
  • Human Sex Trafficking
  • Violence Against Civilian Communities in Nagorno-Karabakh

HEALTH & WELLNESS

  • Breast Cancer Screening
  • Endocrine Disruption and Breast Cancer Risk
  • Iron Supplements for Women & Girls
  • Medical Risk Factor Screening for Cardiovascular Disease in Adults
  • Sex and Gender Based Health

POLICY & LEGISLATION

  • Medical College Admissions Test during the COVID-19 Pandemic

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

  • Emergency Contraception
  • Physician Infertility
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