Gallagher Lecture
SAHM is honored to present our 2023 Gallagher Lecturer
Lin-Fan Wang, MD, MPH
Abortion access post-Dobbs: The role of adolescent health and medicine providers
On June 24, 2022, the constitutional right to abortion was overturned as a result of the United States Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
The panelists will share the experiences and needs of adolescents seeking abortion or post-abortion care before and after Dobbs. They will provide an overview on the crucial role of adolescent health and medicine providers in a variety of contexts, from states proactively improving abortion access and protections to states with abortion criminalization and bounty hunter laws.
Dr. Lin-Fan Wang is a board-certified family physician and a complex family planning specialist with expertise in sexual and reproductive health, LGBTQIA+ health, and adolescent health. She practices at QueerDoc and Planned Parenthood and is assistant professor at Thomas Jefferson University, Department of Family and Community Medicine, in Philadelphia, PA. As part of her work in anti-racism and anti-oppression, she co-founded Centering Equity, Race, and Cultural Literacy in Family Planning (CERCL-FP) and Collective Energy for Nurturing Training in Reproductive and Sexual Health (CENTRS Health). Dr. Wang serves on the board of MSFC and NAF, is a member of Free the Pill Steering Committee, and is a fellow with Physicians for Reproductive Health. She attended Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York, received her Masters in Public Health at Columbia University in New York City, and completed her residency in Family and Social Medicine and a family planning fellowship at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe how the Dobbs decision has impacted adolescents’ abortion access
- Explain three ways adolescents want to be supported with their decision to have an abortion
- Differentiate the role of adolescent providers based on the level of abortion restrictions in their state
Youth Presenter
Myra Bajwa
Myra Bajwa is a third year at the University of Chicago studying Law, Letters, & Society and Gender & Sexuality Studies. She currently works part-time at the University of Chicago Student Wellness Center and is a board member of Project Reproductive Freedom on campus.
She is also a member of Planned Parenthood’s National Student Leadership Cohort and has been a clinic escort at Planned Parenthood Illinois since 2017. Myra is highly active in the reproductive justice community and has met with government leaders such as Vice President Harris, Governor Pritzker, and Mayor Lightfoot to discuss barriers against young people accessing reproductive care and abortion.
Credit Hour(s): 1
Revised 1/18/23
