Medical Student for Choice: Reproductive Justice Elective

Catalog description

This elective provides a comprehensive introduction to family planning and reproductive justice with an additional focus on public health and medical ethics. It will provide a baseline knowledge of health concerns that impact reproductive-aged people with uteruses, a population that every future physician will encounter. Topics covered in this elective include: the history of reproductive justice through a human rights framework, medical jargon of abortion, the epidemiology of unintended pregnancy, reproductive health disparities in the US, the policy and ethics surrounding abortion, contraception counseling, pregnancy option counseling, the pharmacology of medical abortions, and advocacy training.