Join us for a panel discussion and Q&A on the implications of California becoming a sanctuary state in response to Dobbs v Jackson!
Following the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health decision, California has been outspoken about the importance of the continued ability to access abortion care in the state, has made additional funds available to providers delivering reproductive health care services, and has passed Proposition 1 ensuring access to both contraception and abortion. While California’s decisions have large impacts on residents of the state, there are also implications related to those who might travel to California for abortion care.
Moderator: Dr. Julie Elginer, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
Dr. Elginer is a recognized leader in advocacy and health policy issues. She has led volunteer non-profit advocacy throughout California and in Washington DC. She has drafted legislation, conducted policy analysis, testified before the legislature and successfully advocated for several issues including perinatal mental health, human trafficking, categorical eligibility of food stamps, microbicides funding and more. In 2010, the California Assembly bestowed upon her an Individual Member Resolution for her “lifetime of achievements and meritorious service.” In 2011, Julie was recognized by the United Nations Association of New York for her work addressing the perils of human trafficking, along with colleagues from the Association of Junior League International. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management and the Director of the EMPH Program.
Panelists:
Dr. Susie Baldwin, LA County DPH Office of Women's Health
Susie Baldwin, MD, MPH, FACPM is a preventive medicine and public health specialist who works as the Medical Director for the Office of Women’s Health at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (DPH), overseeing work to reduce health inequities in diverse female populations. Dr. Baldwin has previously served in LA County as the Associate Medical Director in the Division of HIV and STD Programs and as Principal Investigator of the Los Angeles County Health Survey. Prior, she worked as Medical Director for Planned Parenthood of Southern Arizona and for Clinical and Community Programs at the California Family Health Council (now Essential Access Health). She provided family planning and abortion services at Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties, Planned Parenthood Los Angeles, and the University of California Los Angeles, and worked as a U.S.-Mexico border doctor at a federally qualified community health center. She published many peer-reviewed research articles on HPV and cervical cancer prevention, sexual and reproductive health, human trafficking, and other public health topics, as well as several book chapters on a variety of subjects.
Dr. Diana Greene Foster, UCSF
Diana Greene Foster, PhD, is a demographer and professor at the University of California, San Francisco. She led the United States Turnaway Study, a nationwide longitudinal prospective study of the health and well-being of women who seek abortion including both women who do and do not receive the abortion. She is leading a study of the health, legal and economic consequences of the end of Roe in the United States and a Turnaway Study in Nepal. She is the author of over 120 scientific papers as well as the 2020 book, The Turnaway Study: Ten Years, a Thousand Women and the Consequences of Having – or Being Denied – an Abortion.
Dr. Rajita Patil, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Dr. Rajita Patil is a board-certified Assistant Clinical Professor in OBGYN who strongly believes in providing individualized patient-centered treatment which considers the patient’s desires and psychosocial factors to be just as important as their medical issues before providing recommendations. She practices the full scope of Obstetrics and Gynecology, with additional expertise in Complex Family Planning. Dr. Patil delivers comprehensive prenatal care for low and high-risk pregnancies as well as office gynecology. She has expertise in providing comprehensive abortion and contraception care. Dr. Patil is also a North American certified menopause physician who seeks to provide comprehensive care to mid-life women.