Mistakes and lessons from AMA history situate the AMA now for antiracist leadership in the health care sector.

Abolition medicine and reproductive justice are synergistic approaches that advance a radical vision of a racially just world.

Many pregnant undocumented immigrants are ineligible for public insurance covering prenatal care. National and state policies can either help or hinder patients’ access to health care that is universally recommended by professional guidelines.

The physician’s duty extends beyond treating individual patients to reporting public health threats when they are identified.

Several recent court cases illustrate how some states are attempting to mandate physician reporting of all underage sexual activity as instances of child abuse.

The careers of four physician legislators who have been successful in combining their medical and political identities are examined.

A physician advocate who has taken public advocacy stances against the federal government while employed by the government talks about the conflicts that arise between medicine and politics.

Expressing political views in a professional setting can be detrimental to the patient-physician relationship.

A physician member of Congress discusses what led him to enter into the political arena and the various public policy issues he has faced.

Physicians need to exhaust every possible alternative to bring about political changes before resorting to breaking the law as an act of civil disobedience.