The Standing Committee on Reproductive Health, Equity, and Society is a group of experts at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine that will lead a cross-cutting initiative on equitable access to reproductive health. As part of the initiative, the standing committee will develop webinars on reproductive health topics that can increase awareness and promote dialogue in the medical, public health, societal and general population.
For this webinar:
A standing committee will organize a public webinar to explore concerns related to violence against health care professionals providing reproductive care, and their patients, and the impact on access to essential health services prior to and following the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. A panel of medical and civil rights experts will discuss longstanding concerns regarding harassment, threats, and physical attacks against health care professionals working to provide essential sexual and reproductive health care. A proceedings-in-brief will be produced by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines.