TY - JOUR
T1 - Can Medical-Legal Partnerships Do More to Advance Reproductive Justice After Dobbs?
AU - Makhlouf, Medha Devanagondi
AU - Rappazzo, Natasha
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2024/8
Y1 - 2024/8
N2 - The medical-legal partnership (MLP) and reproductive justice (RJ) movements both seek to solve complex problems, serve diverse populations with intersectional challenges, and resolve community conditions that impact people’s ability to reach their highest health potential. Yet MLPs have been overlooked as a strategy to advance reproductive health and justice. MLP has distinct advantages for advancing RJ, and many MLPs might already be doing RJ work without referring to it by name. By intentionally adopting an RJ strategy and explicitly addressing the unmet social and legal needs that limit people’s ability to plan their reproductive futures, MLPs can better serve their clients and contribute to the movement to combat reproductive oppression.
AB - The medical-legal partnership (MLP) and reproductive justice (RJ) movements both seek to solve complex problems, serve diverse populations with intersectional challenges, and resolve community conditions that impact people’s ability to reach their highest health potential. Yet MLPs have been overlooked as a strategy to advance reproductive health and justice. MLP has distinct advantages for advancing RJ, and many MLPs might already be doing RJ work without referring to it by name. By intentionally adopting an RJ strategy and explicitly addressing the unmet social and legal needs that limit people’s ability to plan their reproductive futures, MLPs can better serve their clients and contribute to the movement to combat reproductive oppression.
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U2 - 10.1001/amajethics.2024.655
DO - 10.1001/amajethics.2024.655
M3 - Review article
C2 - 39088413
AN - SCOPUS:85200426972
SN - 2376-6980
VL - 26
SP - 655
EP - 664
JO - AMA Journal of Ethics
JF - AMA Journal of Ethics
IS - 8
ER -