Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest, and the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California.
Obstet Gynecol. 2020 Aug;136(2):349-353. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000004009.
In recognition of the 100 anniversary of women's suffrage, we reviewed the difficulties reformists overcame in passing the 19th Amendment and discuss the similarities to current challenges in providing evidence-based, affordable, accessible women's health care. Many current health care problems arise from systemic, not medical, issues, and we can better focus on them through the lenses of the social determinants of health and reproductive justice. Addressing systemic inadequacies and injustices requires policy implementation and legislative activism, like that pursued by the suffragists. We propose that, ultimately, voting is our professional, fundamental duty to make the desired changes. We then present advocacy avenues and opportunities available to all women's health care specialists.
为了纪念妇女选举权获得承认一百周年，我们回顾了改革派在通过第 19 修正案时所克服的困难，并讨论了当前在提供基于证据、负担得起和可及的妇女保健方面所面临的挑战之间的相似之处。许多当前的医疗保健问题源于系统性问题，而不是医学问题，我们可以通过健康的社会决定因素和生殖正义的视角更好地关注这些问题。解决系统性不足和不公正需要政策实施和立法行动，就像女权主义者所追求的那样。我们提出，最终，投票是我们作为专业人员做出所需改变的基本职责。然后，我们为所有妇女保健专家提供了可供选择的宣传途径和机会。
