Michele Heisler MD MPA

Today hearts break as Brent Stephens writes" "If Roosevelt told Churchill to sue for peace on any terms with Hitler and fork over Britain’s coal reserves to the United States in exchange for no American security guarantees, it might have approximated what Trump did to Zelensky."

“We urge professional medical and nursing associations to mobilize to campaign and advocate for actions to end physical and legal attacks on health care and workers that jeopardize health gains achieved throughout the world.” Read @TheLancet Comment here thelancet.com/journals/lance…

@ACPIMPhysicians @UM_IHPI @UM_IHPI @hrw Please share important recorded discussion @P4HR @ReproRights @SocietyFP

@P4HR @ReproRights @prhdocs @acog @SocietyGIM @AmerMedicalAssn Plz share this recorded discussion of how criminalization of abortion affects all our patients and ways clinicians in all specialties can join efforts to protect patients' health, human rights, and bodily autonomy.

As @P4HR @LiftingLA @rhimpact__ & @ReproRights argue in @TheLancet, in US states with abortion bans at least #EMTALA protections must support clinicians' medical judgment and shared decision making with their pregnant patients in medical emergencies: thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Thank you @VP for spotlighting our new study with @LiftingLA, @rhimpact__ & @ReproRights, which documents how Louisiana’s abortion bans endanger patients and clinicians. Abortion criminalization is fueling a public health crisis. Read the report here: phr.org/our-work/resou…

"Across the country, the Biden administration is holding hundreds of immigrants in solitary confinement. With the president’s calls for the 'toughest' border crackdown in U.S. history, these numbers are likely to rise. This inhumane practice must end." thehill.com/opinion/immigr…

Russian forces seek to control access to and delivery of health care in #Ukraine by: 🇺🇦Requiring forced changes of nationality 🩺Detaining and harassing health care workers 🏥 Misusing health facilities for non-medical purposes youtu.be/cBWqMTKEfW0

🇺🇦🚨Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of #Ukraine two year ago, more than 1,300 attacks have been perpetrated against health care workers, facilities, and other infrastructure in Ukraine. phr.org/news/1336-atta…

There's a lot of discussion nowadays (rightly) about keeping health care workers safe. But any procedure involves risks for the patient, and armed security is no different. @AltafSaadiMD

@AltafSaadiMD Altaf, I send you so much support and love. So proud to count you as colleague and friend. Your commitment to protection of human rights, health, the need to protect health care and civilian life throughout the world including urgently now in Gaza is inspiring.

Attacks on health care professionals and facilities during conflict are increasing around the world. These attacks are war crimes & a public health catastrophe. New piece in @TheLancet by @rohinihaar, Aula Abbara, @lenrubenstein, @pbspiegel & @h_alnahhas. thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Pleased to participate in this and to continue to support our tremendous colleagues at the Turkish Medical Association who exemplify the model of physicians as defenders of their patients' health and human rights.@P4HR @SKorurFincanci @WMA

CCPR member Tijana Surlan asked all the important questions about regression of right to abortion that jeopardizes pregnant people’s health and prevents clinicians from meeting ethical obligations to their patients. Thank you! @P4HR @ReproRights @IpasOrg @stateinnovation @OBs4RJ

Brief summary of today’s Human Rights Session in this video. Many key concerns of @P4HR and our partners raised.

Gratified that at today’s session the Human Rights Committee pressed the US delegation to address many human rights violations in US @P4HR has documented. See brief video! @ICCPR #ICCPR

As we seek to prevent and end global atrocities, this admonition @NickKristof ends his NYT column today with has never been more important: "If your moral compass is attuned to the suffering of only one side, your compass is broken, and so is your humanity."@P4HR @nytimes

Apoyamos a este increíble grupo de médicos y psicólogos forenses en su importante labor en favor de los derechos humanos en Perú. Me sent inspirada por ellos y por nuestra formación conjunta sobre el Protocolo de Estambul. @P4HR @OACNUDHPeru @DrAliceJEdwards

U.S. state #abortion bans cause confusion that endanger lives. This week, our partner @ReproRights filed an HHS complaint citing our joint research report in OK to challenge a hospital's denial of life-saving emergency care under EMTALA. More here: phr.org/our-work/resou…

Agradecida de poder trabajar estos días con este grupo de clínicas estupendas (y luchadores por los derechos humanos) @OACNUDHPeru @P4HR @DrAliceJEdwards