The Abortion Provider's Declaration of Rights
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We hold these truths to be self-evident: that the people of this country entrust their health and well-being to doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals; that among these professionals are those who provide abortion, a safe, legal medical procedure; that medical professionals who perform abortions deserve the same freedoms as those professionals who do not, just as patients who have abortions should be given the same respect as those who do not.
Despite the equal intrinsic value of all medical professionals and all patients, the governments of many states and of this entire nation have passed laws and enacted policies that interfere with abortion providers’ ability to care for their patients, laws and policies that have no parallel in any other area of medicine. Moreover, some medical institutions have resisted the incorporation of abortion into their training and services. And some citizens of this country have turned their personal opposition to abortion into a vendetta against the medical professionals who offer this service and the patients who receive it, occasionally choosing arson, murder, and other illegal acts to show disapproval. All of these pressures, and others not enumerated here, inflict unjust punishment on abortion providers. And when providers can’t help patients, women and families suffer.
We therefore declare the rights of the abortion provider.
Abortion providers, their families, and their co-workers have the right to exist free of violence, harassment, and discrimination. Performing a legal, safe medical procedure should not turn a medical professional into a target.
Abortion providers have the right to give patients complete, medically accurate information about the abortion procedure. They should not be required by law to misinform their patients—for example, by stating (falsely) that abortions cause breast cancer or endanger future fertility—or present a particular moral interpretation of the abortion procedure.
Abortion providers have the right to perform an abortion after explaining the procedure and obtaining the patient’s consent. There is no medical reason for the woman to wait 24 hours, 48 hours, or any other length of time between consent and the abortion procedure as dictated by some state laws.
Abortion providers have the right to choose the tools and techniques that are best for a particular abortion procedure and the patient’s needs. The law should not dictate courses of treatment that are not supported by medical evidence. Nor should the law require the abortion provider to add medically unnecessary steps to the abortion procedure, processes that cause delays and increase the risks for the patient.
Abortion providers have the right to give patients the treatment they need, unencumbered by abortion-only restrictions and bans in public and private insurance coverage. Likewise, insurers should stop charging providers higher rates for malpractice coverage; abortion providers deserve rates commensurate with the fees paid by providers of other comparable, safe, legal medical procedures.
Abortion providers have the right to continue their training and conduct research in abortion techniques. Medical students and residents in relevant specialties have the right to learn about abortion in order to decide whether to become abortion providers.
Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health stands behind abortion providers and their right to give their patients safe, compassionate, medically sound abortion care. Join us by adding your name to this declaration. Show your support for abortion providers' rights.
Signers
Jeanne E. Tiller
Rebecca Tiller-Bunting
Carolyn Westhoff, MD
Adam Jacobs, MD
Suzanne T. Poppema, MD, PRCH Chair
LeRoy Carhart, MD
Mary Carhart
Warren M. Hern, MD
Jodi Magee, PRCH CEO
Wendy Chavkin, MD, MPH
Beverly Winikoff, MD, MPH
Fred Hopkins, MD, MPH
Maureen Paul, MD
Jennifer Baumgardner
Betty A. Dodson, PhD
Erica Jong
Shelby Knox
Robin Morgan
Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Gloria Steinem
Jessica Valenti
Susie Baldwin, MD, MPH
Frances R. Batzer, MD
Margaret Johnson Baylson, MD, MPH
Daniela C. Diaz
Alison Edelman, MD, MPH
Eve Espey, MD, MPH
Joshua Freeman, MD
Pratima Gupta, MD, MPH
Atsuko Koyama, MD, MPH
Douglas Laube, MD, MEd
Cathy J. Lazarus, MD
Larry Leeman, MD
Sara Buchdahl Levine, MD
Connie Mitchell, MD, MPH
Willie Parker, MD, MPH
Ralph J. Riviello, MD, MS
Roger Rochat, MD
Nancy Stanwood, MD, MPH
Michelle Staples-Horne, MD, MPH, MS
Albert George Thomas, MD, MS
Paula Hillard, MD
Charles Abele
Courtney Abrams
Jennifer Abrams, MD
Sharon L. Achilles, MD, PhD
David Ackerman
David Ackman, MD
Amesh A. Adalja, MD
Pam Adelstein, MD
Jo Adams
William Roy Adams, MD
Patricia Adem, MD
Joan Hilary Adler
Jody Adler
Lorna Aguilos, MD
Anne K. Ahola
Leo Ahumada
Judith Albert, JD
Gaylon Alcaraz
Catherine Alderman
Mark Alexander
Susan Alexander
Joseph Alfano
Carol Alleman
Christie Allen, RN
Jessica Allen
Marcia Allina
Margaret Allison
Annalisa Alvrus, PhD
Julie Michelle Amaon
Jennifer Amico, MD
Stephen Ammidown
Sue Amos
Kathryn Anastos, MD
Amy B. Anderson
Krista Anderson
Laura Caitlin Anderson
Tovi Marit Anderson, MD
Teresa M. Andrews
Jennifer Boulanger Anestad
Andrea Angelucci, DO
Lindsay Marie April
Paul Samuel April
Dolly Arega-Pentikäinen
Aimee Arrambide
Claudia Ivonne Arregoces
Shurree Arett
Joyce H. Arthur
Esther-Ann Asch
Peter Max Ascoli
Lucy Ascoli
Margalo Ashley-Farrand, JD
Mariana Aslan
Ashley Atkinson
Evelyn Atkinson
Stephanie E. Atkinson, RN
Jessica M. Atrio, MD
Lesley A. Atwood, MD
Katherine Au
Joan Diane Austin, RN
Sarah Kirsten Avant
Jill Avery-Stoss
Koki Awoonor, MD, MPH
Sally Bachofer, MD
Jessica R. Back
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Baczek
Kelly Baden
Eleanor J. Bader
Mr. and Mrs. Nick and Angela Badura
Alison Bailey
Kim Bailey
I. Cori Baill, MD
B. Bain, MD
Anne Baker, MS
Jessica Aquilla Baker
Kathryn Baker
Lisa Baker
Sharon Bakula
Miranda Balkin, MD
Julien Ball
Joette Balsamo
Heidi Yvonne Bamberg
Wendy Banks
Sierra Barger
Donna Barkman
Jessica Penwell Barnett
Natalie Barrens-Rogers
Rebecca Barson, MPH
Joseph Schellinger Barylski
Gay Basehore
Jamie Elyse Bass
Colleen Bassoukos, RN
Sarah Bassuk
Ann Bastian
Gail B. Bauchman, MD
Jennifer Baumgardner
Rosalyn Fraad Baxandall, MS, PhD
Darcy Baxter
Mary Beam
Katherine Beard
Aimee Leigh Beardslee
Anitra Beasley, MD
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Beatty
M. Becerra
Sallie Beck
Sarah Bedell
Soma Behr
David Louis Bell, MD, MPH
Jewel Bellush, PhD
Shari Lynn Bence
Ed Bender
Libby Benedict
Nerys Benfield, MD
Loretta Bengivenga
Donna Bening
Rebecca Jean Beno
Kristine Bennett
Amanda Benson
Beth Berendsen
Heather Berg
Miriam Villchur Berg
Sarah L. Berga, MD
Stephanie Berger
Sara Berk
Dory (Dorothy) Berke, RN
Minnie Berman
Phyllis Berman
Carol R. Beron
Deborah Bessen, MD
Asia Bey
Sarah Elisabeth Beyer
Katherine Bickford
Allan Bilsky
Robert L. Blake, MD
Diane Ruth Blake, MD
Nancy Blanford
Jennifer Blasdell
Andrew S. Blazar, MD
Carol Ellsworth Blowers
Corinne Blum, MD
Molly Bolin
Marie Bondi
Elizabeth Bookwalter
Heather Booth
Nancy Boothe, RN, MS
Lynn Borgatta, MD, MPH
Vicky Borgia, MD
Joanna Bossi
Jan Boudart
Danielle Ring Boudrow
Ashley Bowen
Vivian Bower
Gillian Eveline Bowles
Jessica Kay Bowling
Carolyn Bowman
Tina Boyer
Stephen Boyd
Charlene Diane Boydston
Diane Boydston
Laura S. Boylan, MD
Leah Braas, DVM
Nicole Bradley
Richard B. Braunstein, MD
Jacqueline C. Brave
Amy Sarah Breakstone, MD
Vicki Breitbart, EdD
Denise Brennan
Shirley Bresler
Serena Brewer, MD
Shannon Brewer
Steve L. Brigham, MD
Rachelle Brilliant, DO
Karen F. Brodman, MD
Kathleen Brogan
Kate Brokaw
Kersten A. Broms
Christie Brooks
Cari Brown
Cassandra Brown
Cierra Alicia Brown
Lise Marie Brown
Molly Brown, NP
Rachel Brown
Charlie Browne, MD
Maria A. Browning
Michelle Kinsey Bruns
Maureen Brucker
Pamela Bryant
Regina Buccola, MD
Todd Buchacker, RN
Elizabeth Buchen, MD
Marilynn Buckham
Diana Buckhantz
Laura A. Bucklin
Joan Budd, MD
Moira Bulloch
Charity Burns
Carol J. Bunk
Sally Burgess
Julia Burgi
Megan Burgoyne
Elizabeth Burke
Kristy R. Burns
Stacey Burns
Breanna Buswell
Joan R. Butcher, MD
Marisa Butler
Michele Buzbee
Jovan Byars
Michael Caddell
Marie Ellen Caggiano, MD, MPH
Julie Elsbeth Cakanic
Amy Caldwell
Roxanne Camden
Christine Camero
Bea Cameron
Danea Campbell
Nancy Cardone
Regina M. Cardone
Erin Carey, MD
Alison Farr Carletta, NP
Jennifer Carlson
Cynthia Carmichael, MD
Sara Carr
Laurie Casey
Molly Casteel
Sarah Castle
Melissa Castro
Kelly Celony, PhD, MPH
Amanda Cerone
Skye Cervone
Barbara J. Chadwick, NP, RN
Leah Chamberlain
Leigh Caroline Chandler
Yee Tiffany Chang, MD
Ora Ellen Chaplin
Barbara Chapman, MS
Suzy Charnas
Stephen Chasen, MD
Renee N. Chelian
Edward F. Chelian
Nicole N. Chelian
Lara N. Chelian
Beatrice Chen, MD
Margaret Chen, MD
Arina Chesnokova
Simma Chester
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Maxine Chiu
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Dennis D. Christensen, MD
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Elinor T. Christiansen, MD
Jennifer H. Chuang, MD
Anne Churchill
Emilio S. Cici
Mr. and Mrs. Mary Ciotti
Michele Cisario
Timmi L. Claveria
Regan Clawson
Valerie Clay
Tina Clere
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne C. Codding
Margery Coffey, PhD
Ellen Cogut
Arielle Cohen
Mardge H. Cohen, MD
Nadia Cohen
Kyle V. Cole, PhD
Mary Cole, RN
Chiara Coletti
Graham C. Collins
Patrick J. Collison, MD
Linda Colonna
Nicole Colson
Peggy Cooke
Jeanne A. Cooney
Kimberly Lauren Cooper, MD
Shannon Connolly, MD
Jennifer Moore Conrow
Janine Copple
Rachel Amittee Cornish
Ariadna Cossio
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Maria G. Costa
Jane S. Cotler, RN, MS
Muriel Pascale Coudurier
Regina Cowles
Alyssa Cozine
Camilla Cracchiolo, RN
Sarah Crafton
Ian Crain
John F. Cramer, MD
Chris Creatura, MD
Mitchell D. Creinin, MD
Catharine J. Crockett, MD
Erin Croke
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Don Crozier
Haley Bliss Crumpler
Josephine Curry
Kitty Curtis
Paul Curtis
Valerie Curtis, MD, MS
Pauline Curtis-Bookwalter
River Curtis-Stanley
Carrie Cwiak, MD, MPH
Sharon J. Dais, MS
Jessica Dalby, MD
Laura Dalton, MD
Paul Damaske, MD
Tina D'Amato, DO
Kalin Elizabeth Daniel
Peggy Danziger
Hien Thu Dao, MS
Sandra K. Dattoli
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Lisa David
Gizelka David-West, MD
Maggie Davidson
Aaron Davis
Amanda Davis
Anne Rachel Davis, MD
Brooks Davis
Bronwyn Tyler Davis
Cathleen Davis
Hillary Davis
Janet Davis, PhD
Tracie Lyn Davis, MD
Lisa Dawley
Rachele Ariel Dawn
Jo Miller Day, MS
Samantha J. de Abreu
Alfredo de la Guardia, MD
Gillian Dean, MD, MPH
Michelle Precourt Debbink
Jennifer Klozik DeCapua
Sarah Deer, JD
Debbie Deere, MD
Catherine DeGood, DO
Diane Delbridge, DVM
Mary Del Rio
Deborah Diane DeMars-Ragsdale
Quentin Burritt Deming, MD
Sarah DeMuro
Kohar Der Simonian
Diane Workman Derzis, Esq.
Brett Deutsch, JD
Danielle Monet Deutschlander
Tamera Lee Devoss
Lily Diamond, MD
Blanche Amanda Dickie
Merretta Dickinson
Erica Didier, MD
Justin Thomas Diedrich, MD
Jessica Dieseldorff, NP, RN
Marie DiMatti
Carly Dingman
Alan Ditmore
Kathy Dittrich
Laura Dobbins
Adam Dobkin
Tina Dobsevage, MD
Jack E. Dodd, Jr., MD
Ann Maria Dodson
Cara Doherty
Amanda Doreson
Johnnie Lynn Dorman
Erin Doughty
Kathy Doyle
Monica V. Dragoman, MD, MPH
Eleanor Drey, MD
Ann Huntley Drysdale
Sharon Dudash
DeAnna Duke
Adjoa Duker, MD, MPH
Neville W. Duncan, MD
Elizabeth Dunn
Andrea Duran
Andrew John Lucky Durkin
Susan L. Dworkin
Yvonne Eckard
Stephanie Eckenrode
Patricia Lou Ecklund-Ruch
Babette Eckstein
Blanka Eckstein
Wendy Edds, MD
Kenneth C. Edelin
Alison B. Edelman, MD, MPH
Jonathan Edelman
Joanne Edgar
Jillian Egan
Molly Egan, MPH
Melinda Eggebeen
Kathryn Eggleston, MD
Katrine Egholm
Anne D. Ehrlich, MD
Marjie Eisen
Carla Eisenberg
David Eisenberg, MD, MPH
Renee Eisenberg
Hester Eisenstein, MD
Julie Ellsworth
Arielle Elmaleh-Sachs
Rebecca Elmaleh, MD
Stephanie Emerson
Lori Ennis
Cynthia Fuchs Epstein, PhD
Marsha Epstein, MD, MPH
Denise H. Erwin
Christopher M. Estes, MD
Aria Esther
Masha Jannine Etkin, MD, PhD
Nancy Eubanks
Megan Evans, MPH
Mark I. Evans, MD
Pamala Ewing
Rachel Lilo Ewing, Esq.
Michelle Fadeley
Tatiana Falcon-Rodriguez
Maria Faraldo
Suzanne Farr, NP
Annette C. Farrell, RN
Caterina Fava
Michael Conner Favinger
Dorothy Federman, MD
Debbie L. Fedor, MS
Julia Fedor
Margery Feldberg
Gloria Feldt
Jennifer Fell
Seya Ferghus
Susan Portis Ferguson, MD
Bruce Ferguson, MD, PhD
Amy E. Ferrer
Philip L. Ferro, MD
Donna Field, CNM
Melissa M. Figueroa
Molly Findley, MD, PhD
Lynne G. Firestone
Carol First, MD
Megan Fischer
Elizabeth Fisher
Lisa M. Fisher
Meaghan Fisher
William K. Fisher
Susan Fivelstad
Charlotte Flanner
Ashley Elizabeth Fleck, MS
Arthur A. Fleisher II, MD
Diana Flescher, MD
Rev. Brenda Fletchall
Robyn Flores
Melissa Flores
Kathie Florsheim
Emily Flowers
Elizabeth Fogarty
Timothy Foley
Jami Forshee
Tiffany Megan Forti, MD, MPH
Arlene Kay Forwand
Leah Foster, JD
Angel M. Foster, MD, PhD
Candy Fowler
Melissa Fowler
Bill Fowlie
Chrisse France
Victoria Francies
Mary Jeanne Frank
James J. Frankie
Tanya Ellis Franklin, MD, MSPH
Holly Fratzke, RN, NP
Heather Frederick
Helen L. Frederickson, MD
Marilynn C. Frederiksen, MD
Allison Freeman
Mr. and Mrs. Ginny and Bob Freeman
Serena Freewomyn
Grace Fried
Marlene G. Fried, PhD
Aaron Friedberg
DeAnna Friedman, MD
Rachel Friedman, MD
Nina Friedman
Suzane Frye, MD, MPH
Kristi Fudem
Elizabeth Fuentes, MPH
Swetha Gadwala
Myra Galvan
Brenda Gamache
Tracy Gamache
Elinor Garan, RN
Kelly Garbato
Wendy Garfinkel-Gold
Christine A. Garhart, DVM, PhD
Katie Garland
Lydia Garvey, MS
Anjelica Garza, MD
Cory Gatrall
Bri Gauger
Michelle Murphy Gaul, NP
Heather Gendron
Lori Andrea Gentry
Jan Gerber, RN
Joseph Nunzio Germani
Emily Gertz, MPH
Paul Gianutsos, MD, MPH
Eileen Gibbons, MD
Jannes Jenifer Gibson
Joan Giebink
Katherine Gifford
Melissa Gifford
Kathleen Faith Gilhooley
J. Christopher Glantz, MD, MPH
Janis Glenn
Kjersten Gmeiner, MD
Emily Godfrey, MD, MPH
Mika Godzich, MD
Kate Goetz
Marcia Goffin
Melanie Ariane Gold, MD
Sunny Goldberg
Neal E. Goldenberg, MD, MPH
Claire M. Golding
Jeremy Golding, MD
Jenni Goldstein
Laurie Goldstein, MD
Judith Goldstein-Rubin, Esq.
Abby M. Gonik, MD
Ana Cristina Gonzalez-Velez, MD
Heidi Good, PhD
Suzan Goodman, MD, MPH
Reid A. Goodman, MD
Liz Goodman
Gabrielle Goodrick, MD
Ann V. Gordon
Margaret Schutz Gordon
Gail Gorlitzz
Jennifer Gormley
Ryan Goskie, RN
Robert M. Gould, MD
Rebecca Graber
Andrea Grace, MD
Diana Graham, MD
Cheryn Grant, DO
Kelly Elizabeth Grant
Patti J. Grant, MS
Regina Grasseschi
Karen Gray
Stephanie Santos Gray
Marilyn Green
Sam Green
Blu Greenberg
Emily Greenspan, MD
Sarah Grey
Elizabeth Mary Gridley Johnson
Benita Gross, MD
Cindy Gross
Richard Grossman, MD, MPH
Jeff Gruszka
Sarah Gude
Maryam Guiahi, MD
Georgia K. Guida
Mary Guinan, MD, PhD
Pratima Gupta, MD, MPH
Cindy L. Gutschke, RN
Sally J. Guttmacher, PhD
Melissa Guzman
Moshe Hachamovitch, MD
S. Hadler
Sarah M. Haeder
Stacey Haefele
Inga V. Hagge
Donna F. Haghighat
Leila Hagshenas, MD
Marilyn Hajar, MD
Susan Hale
Calla Hales
Rachel Hales
Anna Hall
Jenna Hall
L. Shaundell Hall
Thomas Christopher Hall, MD
Ronna Hamelin
Crystal Hamilton
Cassing Hammond, MD
Sandra Hamp-Lane
Marlo Hamrick
Jim Hanas
J. Lennox Hannan
Curtiss Hannum
Annie Hansen
Joyce Hansen
Mildred Hanson, MD
Clara Hardy
Sarah Harkleroad
Rhonda Harmon
Faith Harmony
Charlotte Harris, CNM
Gwen N. Harris, MD
Linda Ruth Harris, MD
Mary Harris
Laura Hart, MD
Sophia Hartdegen
Barbara Hannis Hartley, MD
Alex Harwood
Martin Haskell, MD
Val Haskell
Jennifer Lynne Hastings, MD
Toni P. Hawkins, MS, MPH
Edward Paul Hawley
Erin Hayes
Kathryn Haynes
Krystal Lee Haynes
Danielle Heaney
Brianna Elaine Hector
Mia Henderson
Patricia M. Hendrickson
Khati Hendry, MD
Cara Herbitter
Mia Herndon
Stephanie Herold
Bethany Herrera
Julie Hersh
Tricia Hicks
Mari Helen High, PhD
Wendy Hiles
Paula J. Adams Hillard, MD
Carol B. Hillman
Ginger Hintz
Katherine Hladky, MD
Herbert C. Hodes, MD
Ashley Hoffmann
Jerome R. Hoffman, MD
Margaret Hoffman, MD
Katherine Holland
Allyson Holleb
Joseph Holmes
Alison Holtzschue
Sara A. Holtzschue
Lanlan Hoo
Cindy Hood
Chelah P. Horsdal
Betty B. Hoskins, PhD
Argerie Hoty
Renee Houde
Jo Ann Howse
Karyn Hudson
Michele P. Hugin, MD
Kristiana Huitron
Stephanie Briana Hulsey
Casey Humbyrd, MD
Heather Hume, MD
Janice Humphrey
Betsy Hunt
Debra J. Hunt
Jacinda Hunter
Marsha Hurst, PhD
Melissa Hymen
Sara L. Imershein, MD
Laura Louise Ingkatanuwat
Kristin Marie Ingstrup
Edrie Irvine
Megan Ivankovich, MPH
Heather Joy Jackson
Barbara Jacobs
Christine Jacobs, MD
Ginger Jacobs
Evelyn Angel James, NP, CNM
The Rev. Nicole Janelle
Katherine Jarrell
Marty Jarrell
Michelle Jenkins
Mark Jespersen, PhD
Christina Jioras
Carole Joffe, PhD
Mila Johns
Anne B. Johnson, MD
Pat Murphy Johnson
Rheta Johnson
Sharon Kay Johnson
Colleen Kelly Johnston
Gary Jollie
Harry S. Jonas, MD
Beth Jones
Columbia Jones
Loren Renee Jones
Megan E. Jones
Morgan Jones
Rachel K. Jones, PhD
Shannon Dillender Jones
Katherine Jorda, MD
Lois Jordan
Elisa Jorgensen
Selena Jorgensen
Carla Josephson
Kathryn Joyce
Jeffrey Jumisko
Hyejo Jun
Jerelyn Kaesler
David A. Kahane
Toyo Kahane
Nasheen Kaur Kalkat
Ramsey Kamar
Barry Kaminsky, MD
Barbara S. Kane, PhD
Bliss Kaneshiro, MD, MPH
Deborah Kaplan, PA, MPH
Karen L. Kaplan, MD, PhD
Michael Kapphahn
Riley Karbon
Kim Kardonsky, MD
Arati S. Karnik
Evelyn M. Karson, MD, PhD
Michelle Karsten, MD
Anna Katich, MS
Toni L. Katz
Leonard Katzman
Arthur Kaufman, MD
Jane E. Kaufman, MD
Rashmi Kaul, MD
Megan Rae Keeling
Suzanne Keers
Lisa C. Keith
Kimberly Keller
Kim M. Kelly, MD
Miranda K. Kelly
Bonnie Kelnberger
Kris Kennedy, MD
Holly M. Kent
Stewart Kernes, DO
Jennifer Kerns, MD, MPH
Joann Heck Kersh, MD
Daryl Kessler, JD
Carissa Anne Kett
Emily Anne Ketterer
Cynthia Keyser
Reema Khadre
Nahla Khalek, MD
Danica King
Erin L. King, MD
Robert S. King
Valerie King
Jessica M. Kingston, MD
Karisha Kirk
Laura Kirkpatrick
Mileen B. Kirkpatrick
Maggie Kissel
Mariko Kita
David A. Kleer, PhD
Kate Klein
Walter Kleine
Kathy Kleinfeld
Vicky Kleinman
Irena Klepfisz, PhD
Dayle Kline
Kathleen Klozik
Grant Klugman, MD
Andy Knoll
Katharine Knoll
Samara Knox
Lara Knudsen, MD
Sandra Koch, MD
Alexa Kolbi-Molinas, Esq.
Ari Korpivaara
Megan Kovacs
Karen Kraft
Jessica Kraskian
Emily Kreitzer
Beatrice Kreloff
Marian Kristiansen
Benjamin Brian Kruger
Natalie Krumrei
Rashmi Kudesia, MD
Anita Kuennen, RN
Elizabeth Kukura
Layne Michelle Kumetz, MD
Joyce Kurzweil
Dana Kusnir, MD
Eli Janet Kuti
Elizabeth Jean Kvach, MD
Jen LaBarbera
Daniel Labovitz, MD
M. Lambert-Fisher
Adda Lamon
Sari Landman
A. Lane
Bruce T. Lang
Marsha Langan, NP
R. Langer
John and Teresa Langston
Kathy Lao
Marian Larkin, MD
Mr. and Mrs. Dave and Nancy Larsen
Kim Lasdon
Jean Laskey, RN
Anna Laukkanen
Melissa L. Laurie
Rita Law
Margaux H. Lazarin, DO, MPH
Meghan Lazerson
Aaron Lazorwitz
Connie Lee
Erika Dionn Lee
Karen Lee
Lelanda Lee
Lina Lee
Valerie Lee
Natalie Jean Lefholz, MS
Melbra Douglas LeGrand
Kathleen Lehn
Lynette Leighton, MD
Roy J. and Dorothy G. Leighton, RN
Christopher Leithiser
Elizabeth Leitman, MPH
Heather Lehr
Tristan Lemons
Sarah Lennon
Enrique Leon, MD
Ann Leonard, MSPH, RN
Sue Leonard
Joyce Leslie, MD
Ruth Lesnewski, MD
Jasmine Lester
Lydia Leung, MD
Brooke A. Levandowski, PhD
Bonnie Aaron Levin
Jeremy Levin, MD, PhD
Sara Levin, MD
Mimi Levine
Suzanne Braun Levine
Kenneth B. Levites, MD
Joy D. Levitt
Judith Levy, MD
Ali Lewis, MD
Lisa Lewis, DO, MPH
Judy Lewis, PhD
Simone Lewis
Steve Lichtenberg, MD, MPH
Anne Williams Lieberman
Judith Lienhard
Lexi Light
Apryl S. Lightcap
Claire Lindberg, PhD, NP
Randy Linde, MD
Karen Lipinczyuk
Karin Lippert
Rhita Lippitz
Adelay Liss
Lisa Littman, MD
Renee Locks
Ken Lockwood
Thomas Loder
Jessica Loehman
Elizabeth Loesch
Lori Lohrenz
Rebecca Loman
Cynthia Ann London
Gail Long
Kathryn Long
Charles Longstreth, MD
Barbara Lonsdale
Emily C. Looney
Aliza Lopes-Baker
Toni Lopopolo
Sahar Lotfi-Emran
Pam S. Lotke, MD, MPH
Susan Thom Loubet
Marcena W. Love
Amanda Jean Lovett
Eleanor M. Luce, MD
Anthony Elias Luchonok
Joshua David Lucht
Brita Lund
Kate Lux
Lauren Rebecca Lykke
Jesse Lyon
Timothy and Susan Lynch
Elizabeth Lyster, MD, MPH
Sidney Macaw, NP
Christa Mace
Jocelyn Maci
Tenessa MacKenzie, MD
Josephine Alice Mackerras
Megan A. MacLean, RN
Melanie Anne MacLennan, MD, MPH
Claire Macomson
Thomas Mader
Raymond Magee
Shannon Magee
Bruno Maurice Maggi, MD
Christ-Ann Andree Magloire, MD
Bani Maheshwari, MD
Bette Maffucci
Rene Elise Mai
Lisa Maier
DeAnna Ruth Malchman
Maria Maldonado
Tyrone Cecil Malloy, MD, JD
Emily Mallozzi
Kathryn Malone
Michele Manber, PhD
Aliya Mann
Robb Marchione, MD
Jack David Marcus
Amanda Marie Marcotte
Deborah Margules, MD
Amy Marietta
Eric Marinelli
Taylor Markey
Craig P. Markham, MS
Amy Markwell
Judith E. Marlin
Carina Marquez, MD
Catie Martin
Jody Anne Martin
Rachel J. Masch, MD, MPH
John Massey
Mackenzie Rebecca Massey
G. Sealy Massingill, MD
Julia Mathewson, MD
Kristin M. Mathis
Susanne M. Matias, MD
Susan Elizabeth Matt
James Rankin Maxwell
Mary Ellen Mayo
Christy McAvoy, MD
Tamara McBride
Christi M. McCallum
Molly McClure
Nancy McCollum
Maren McConnell-Collins
William Herron McCormick, MD
Julia McDonald, DO, MPH
Mark McDowell, MD
Rebecca McEntee, MD
Edith Anne McFadden, MD
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. McFarland
Molly R. McGinty, MD
Mary Ellen McGoey
Jenna McKay
Zoe Brooke McKee
Jessica McKenzie
Callum B. McLaren
Patrick Christian Mclaughlin
Colleen Mclean
Merriam Louise Mclendon
Fiona McMahon
Kristin McMahon, RN, MPH
Daniel G. McMurtrie, MD
Jill Meadows, MD
Lisa Medoff, PhD
Peter Meed
Ruth Meier
Lisa Memmel, MD
Monique Mendoza
Rebecca Mercier, MD, MPH
Michael L. Meredith
Audrey Merriam, MD
Rachel Merrick
Christie Messenger, MD
Renee E. Mestad, MD
Leslie Lynn Meyer, MS
Carole M. Meyers, MD
Doris Meyers
Caitlin Miller, RN
Jeff Miller
Marilyn Joyce Miller
Samara Miller
Sarah Miller, MD
Alexandra Milspaw
Leah Milstein
Sally Minard
Liz Mitchell
Tarek Moharram
M. Molthen
Frederick W. Moncrief
Terry Moon
Jenee Lollise Moore
Josie Morales, NP
Kathleen Morrell, MD
Allison Morris
Yvonne Morris
Carissa Ellen Morrison
Natalie Morse-Noland
Anne Katherine Mortimer-Maddox
Steve Moser
Mary Motichka
Maryam Heshmati Moulai
Sarah Moyer, MD, MPH
Harold Mozer
Janet Lynn Mozes, NP
Kerstin M-Pullin
Julie Mullette, RN
Caitlin Murphy
Dennis O. Murphy
Erin Murphy
Geri Murphy
Nicole Murray
Amitasrigowry S. Murthy, MD, MPH
Daphne Muse
Rachel Muto
Cheri Nakisher
Warren Stanley Nakisher
Jean Marie Naples, MD, PhD
Scott Nass, MD, MPA
Melissa Natavio, MD
Arielle Needham
Kana Neibert
Marilyn Neimark, PhD
Elizabeth Nicole Diaz Nelson
Mr. and Mrs. Jan E. Nelson
John Nelson, NP, PhD
Jon Nelson
Teresa Nelson
Sarah Nelson
Gwen Colleen Nelson
Stephanie Nemet
Patricia Neumann
Anne Marie Newman
Tina Nguyen, MD
Barbara Nicholls
Jennifer Nichols
Rael Nidess, MD
Chesli J. Nigra
Siripanth Nippita, MD
Maureen North
Paige Oberlin
Alison O'Brien, MD
Emma O'Brien
Sara Lou O'Connor
Kathryn O'Halloran
Sharon O'Hara
Tony Anthony Ogburn, MD
Rebecca Olds
Lauren Olson
Reilley Olson
Mindy Opper, PA
Roger E. Packard, DO
Catherine Packer
Elizabeth Paddock, MD
Joquetta D. Paige, MD, MPH
Cristina Page
Whitney Page
Samantha Pajor
Jill Louise Palajac, NP
Sheila L. Palevsky, MD, MPH
Kate Palmer
Lynn Paltrow, JD
Anjali Pandya
Cassie Paoli
John Pappas
Joonhee Park, MD
Dolores Parra
Kari Patel
Amanda Patel, PharmD
Alvinette Patterson
Jacquelyn Patterson
Maureen Paul, MD, MPH
Jennifer Paul
Margo Pave
Heather Marie Pearson
Maria Pedak-Kari
M. Jeffrey Pederson
Janna Pekaar, NP
Pamela Day Pelletreau, PhD
Jennifer Pemberton
Cheryl Perez
Susannah Lynn Perkins
Lisa K. Perriera, MD
Ulises J. Pesce, MD
Claire Peterson
Kara Peterson
Terry Peterson
Nicole Petrin
Julie Ellen Pettigrew
Rachael Phelps, MD
Laura A. Philips, MD
Betty Phillips
Sara Lyn Phillips-Rashbaum
Irene Emma Phipps
Joie Pickett
Malcolm Pike, PhD
Bob Piller
Linda Pinsky, MD
Michael Poage
Rebecca Podolsky, MD
Holly Poindexter
Chelsea Polis, PhD
Jessica Polsky
Daniel S. Pomerantz, MD, MPH
Rebecca Popeck
Dianne Post
Michael L. Potruch, MD
Elizabeth Potter, CNM, NP
Jessica Potts
Rene Powell
Stacie Powell
Grace Powers
Phyllis and Elliot Prager
Sarah Ward Prager, MD
Meredith Preble
James W. Prescott, PhD
Felisa Preskill
Jacinta B. Montoya Price
Maryanna Price
Linda W. Prine, MD
David Priver, MD
Sarah Proehl
Alexander Proffer
Roslyn K. Pulitzer
Michelle Quackenbush
Jacquelyn Quetal, NP, RN
Richard Quinones
I. Carmen Quintana
Tessa Raebeck
Sally Rafie, PharmD
Shirley Ragland
Emily Jeanine Raikes
Nicole Ramsey
Robert C. Rand
Lynne Randall
Kathryn Ranieri, EdD
Stuart Rapier
Moira Rashid
Christi Ray, MD
Kathryn Ray
Nicole Raymaker
Diana Read
Erica Reade
Pamela Reading
Brittney Reaume
Amanda ReCupido
Audrianna Reddick
Sherrill Redmon
Helen Reid, MPH
Eugenia Jo Regan
Dorothy Reik
Regina Renner, MD
David Hamilton Rhinelander
Susan Ricci, CNM
Kimberly Michelle Rich
Marisa Leigh Richard
Cheri Richardson
Joanna Karen Richardson
Susan Richman, MD, MPH
Bethany LeAnn Ridling
Neil Rifenbark, MD
Brandi Nicole Ring
Alexandra Ringe
Eve Rittenberg, MD
Lynette P. Rizzo
Nikki Roatch
Jane K. Roberts
Karen Roberts, MD
Sarah Roberts
Beverley Robin, MD
Dena Robinson
Susan Robinson, MD
Evan Lessin Rochkind
Carolina Rodriguez
Elizabeth Roeber
Lindsey Ann Roeder
John Dennis Roizin, MD
Jan A. Rolin
Garson Romalis, MD
Kathleen Romanick
Sharon Romano, MD
Catherine Romanos, MD
Denise Romesburg
Lucia Roncalli, MD
Robert Roose, MD, MPH
Cristiao Fernando Rosas, MD
Ann W. Rose
Jamie Lynn Roseman
Bruce Rosen
Lara Rosenbaum
Peter Rosenbaum, MD
Hilary Rosenstein
Roger G. Rosenstein, MD
Rima Kopelman Rosenstein, MD
Amy J. Rosenthal, MD
Mark Alan Rosing, MD, MPH
Carlin Ross, Esq.
Josey Ross
Kari Ross
Kathleen Ross
Meghan Ross
Rain Ross
Rennae Ross
Pauline Roth
Molly Rothert
Bonnie Fry Rothman
Elizabeth Ann Rowell
Lorene Rowland
Cecelia Royal
Dayna Rozental
Susan E. Rubin, MD, MPH
H. L. Rudich
Heather Michelle Ruff
Ruthe Rugh, RN
Denise Rushton
Nicola Russell, RN
Lesley I. Ryan, MD
Sara Ryan
Gordon H. Sabaduquia
Katherine Vera Sachs, MD
Reza Safavi
Alana Sagin
Diane Saldi
Robin Salters
Elizabeth A. J. Salzer, PA
Arlene Sampson
Justin Sanders, MD
Marlene Sanders
Roger Cobban Sanders, MD
Christina Santamaria
Shira Beth Saperstein
Beth Saunders
Julie Saxe-Taller
Abigail Sayre
Reagan Schaplow, MD
Aric Schichor, MD
Juliet Schiff
Melissa Jean Schlegel
Cindy Schmidt
Elizabeth Schmidt, MD
Sara J. Schmidt
Callie Schmitz
Stephanie Schmitz
Corinne Schneider
Roberta Schneiderman
Irwin Schneiderman
Sarah Anne Schoellkopf, PhD
Johanna Schoen, PhD
Janice Scholl
Dana Schonberg
Courtney A. Schreiber, MD
Rebecca Schreier
Coby Schultz, RN
An Schutt-Aine, MD
Stacey Schwab
Jessica Schwartz
Kristy M. Schwatka
Erika Scott
Janet A. Scott
Kevin Scott, MD
Lauren Scott
Rachel Scott, MD, MPH
Pamela Scully, PhD
Marisa Searle
Katie Seitz, MD
Arianna Zukerman Sekulow
Julia Selfridge
Shelley Sella, MD
Manpreet Sen
Ruby T. Senie, PhD
Susan Serritella
James Servais
Deborah Shaffer
Martha Shane
Daria Shapiro
Eve Shapiro, MD
Judith Shapiro, PhD
Valya Shapiro
Bahar Sharafi
Rebecca F. Shaw
Sharene Shaw
Anna Shealy
Barbara A. Shear-Hill
Amanda Sheehan
Randall Shields
Rana Shihab
Alyse Shinaver
Alice Shorr
Heather Shumaker, Esq.
Fanchon Shur
Gail Shurgot
Christy Sibley
Ayesha Siddiqui, MD
Jessica Emily Sideways, MD
Sarah Siebold, RN, MS
Marjorie Siegel, EdD
R. Siegfried
Elaine L. Sierra, JD
Elizabeth Wyman Silk, MS
Irene N. Sills, MD
Sandra Silva
Ashley L. Simpson
Janet Singer
Jan M. Sinnott, PhD
Dawn Siow
Ira John Sites III, MD
Rebecca Skimin
Kate Smiley
Bre Smith
Kathryn Smith
Kelly Lynn Smith
Lori Ann Smith
Rebecca J. Smith
Susan Jean Sobel
Elena Solomon
Elke Solomon
Judith Solomon
Michelle Solomon
Rebecca Anshell Song
Stephen M. Sonnenberg, MD
Catherine Soper
Tim L. Sorrells, MD, MPH
Tonya Southard, MD
Kari Sower, RN
Joan Z. Spade
Ruth Spalding
Lacey Sparks
Christy Spate
Renee Spear
Meghan Spencer
Will H. Spencer
Mychal B. Springer
Taf Squires
Pasquale Riccardo Stabile
Evelyn Annette Stamey
Abigail Stanfill
Eleanor Powell Stanley, MD, MS
Sheryl Stebbins
Elanor Steffee
Alice Stek, MD
Janet Laurie Stein, MD
Francine S. Stein
Rachel Steinhart, MD, MPH
Bruce S. Steir, MD, MPH
Sue Steketee
Sari Steuber
Ashley Stevens
Mackenzie Steward-Snook
Carrie Stewart
Jennie Stewart
Daniel Stilwell
Kate Stone
Bayard T. Storey, PhD
Fred C. Storm, MD
Nada Stotland, MD, MPH
Josef Stremick
Noel Strong, MD
Sean Strub
Amanda Noel Struiksma
Damon L. Stutes, MD
John Sullivan
Laura Sullivan, MD
Mary Sutton
Ryan Thomas Swanek
Meribeth Swartz
Edward J. Sweeney
Debra Sweet
Ellen Sweet
Liisa Sweet-Korpivaara
Cindy Swessel-Hofer
Yael Swica, MD, MPH
Lynn M. Szabo, PA
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