Ep 10: Dr. Cheryl Hamlin, AMWA: One Year After Mississippi's Last Abortion Clinic Was Shut Down

Equality Talks: The Official ERA Podcast

Meet Dr. Cheryl Hamlin, MD. Over one year ago following the Dobbs decision, the doors closed at the last abortion clinic in Mississippi. Dr. Hamlin was one of the last doctors to serve at that clinic also known as “The Pink House”. As a reproductive justice advocate with over 35 years of experience, Dr. Hamlin travels to where she is needed the most, be that New Mexico, Alabama or North Carolina.

One year later, Elisa Parker speaks with Dr. Hamlin, an AMWA member, regarding her recent revelations, why she continues to show up for women’s freedom to choose and perform abortions in communities of the most vulnerable.

Hosted by nationally acclaimed radio host and Equal Voices/ERA Coalition, Elisa Parker, Equality Talks bridges the intersections of equality, justice, and social activism to unify as a collective and change the status quo.

Equality Talks focuses on the key facets of equality across all communities, including everything from gender, racial, economic and reproductive justice, to labor, immigrant, and LGBTQ+ rights.

For more information on Equality Talks go to www.ERACoaltion.org and www.EqualVoice.org.

The ERA Coalition was founded in 2014 to bring concerted, organized action to the effort to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. The ERA Coalition has a sister organization, the Fund for Women’s Equality, which promotes public education and outreach on the need for constitutional equality. Composed of more than 290 organizations across the country representing millions of people, the Coalition is a movement of movements focused on overall equality in the United States.

While the effort to amend the constitution to include sex equality began nearly a century ago, our renewed efforts are centered on women of color (African American, Asian American/Pacific Islander, Latina, and Native American), gender-nonconforming and transgender women and girls, and nonbinary people – those who are most impacted by systemic inequities.

www.eracoalition.org | www.fundforwomensequality.org

About Cheryl:

Dr. Cheryl Hamlin, MD is an obstetrician and gynecologist in Cambridge, MA specializing in obstetrics & gynecology. She graduated from University of Illinois College of Medicine in 1988 and has 35 years of experience. She currently practices at Mount Auburn Hospital and is affiliated with Mount Auburn Hospital and also serves as a traveling doctor at abortion clinics nationwide.

American Medical Women’s Association

To advance women in medicine, advocate for equity, and ensure excellence in

health care.

AMWA Advances Women In Medicine

History and Impact

For over a century, the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) has been committed to the advancement of women in medicine. Although the number of women choosing careers in medicine has grown substantially, there has not been a commensurate rise in women to senior leadership positions. AMWA’s work helps address this gender gap in leadership, through advocacy, mentorship and sponsorship, leadership development, research, constituency building, and policy reform – with a goal for institutional and cultural transformation in gender equity and career parity.

https://www.amwa-doc.org/about-amwa/