McLemore Named 2018 ACN Person of the Year

Monica McLemore, PhD, MPH, RN, assistant professor of family health care nursing and researcher with Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health(ANSIRH) at UCSF, has been named Abortion Care Network (ACN) Person of the Year for 2018 for her commitment to providing patient-centered abortion care to her patients and her advocacy for reproductive health and justice, particularly her role in advancing a California law that allows midwives, nurse practitioners and physician assistants to provide abortion care. She recently served as the face of ACN's billboard campaign to fight deceptive messaging on abortion.

McLemore frequently speaks to media about abortion and other reproductive health issues; she was most recently quoted in POPSUGAR's March 21, 2018 article, "3 Dangerous Abortion Myths Were just Obliterated by This Groundbreaking Study," highlighting a recent study on abortion safety and quality in the U.S., which found that the quality of abortion care in the U.S. is high, and that laws that restrict access may delay women from accessing abortion care early, when it is safest.

McLemore is also featured in an EXPLAINED video on so-called "abortion reversal" for the UCSF Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health's Innovating Education in Reproductive Health program. The EXPLAINED: Abortion Research and Policyseries features lectures with experts highlighting the impact of abortion restrictions on women and providers in the United States.

 

What Everyone Needs to Know About “Abortion Reversal” from Innovating Education on Vimeo.