SharonMD

SharonMD
Name: Sharon Phillips, M.D.
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Keep our women in service safe: Support the Burris Amendment

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reader diary by SharonMD

September 18, 2010 - 1:03am (Print)

Women serving overseas need your help to secure access to safe abortions when they need them.  The Burris amendment would allow women in the military to spend their own money to access the same medical services they have the right to access in the United States when serving offshore.

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Emergency contraception: The next frontier for our two-tier reproductive health system?

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reader diary by SharonMD

September 1, 2010 - 4:43am (Print)

The new post-coital contraceptive, ulipristal (also known as ella), has been FDA approved. As a doctor who wants women to have as many choices as possible, I’m thrilled to have another option to offer to women.  But this particular new choice actually leaves me feeling queasy.

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