Dr. Bhavik Kumar

My name is Dr. Bhavik Kumar, I’m a family med physician and a trans and abortion care provider. Today I will testify before Congress on the impacts of abortion bans because my patients deserve better and because we need to name what these bans are rooted in — white supremacy.

As providers like Dr. Bhavik Kumar weigh whether to leave our state in the wake of Dobbs, they’re contending with an ever-shifting legal landscape across the country. texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

BREAKING: #SCOTUS just ruled in the case on mifepristone. This means patients around the country can continue getting access to the affirming abortion care they need! As physicians, we're so relieved that this safe and essential medication will remain accessible.

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Anti-abortion doctor appointed to Texas maternal death review committee texastribune.org/2024/05/22/tex… via @TexasTribune

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Medical records for out-of-state abortions will now be protected by HIPAA 19thnews.org/2024/04/hipaa-… via @19thnews

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Physicians shouldn't have to consult to list, a committee, or anything else in order to determine if we can care for you or not. statesman.com/story/news/pol… via @statesman

Potential life is not the same as real life. Embryos are not people. Cardiac motion is not a "beating heart". The value placed on potential life can vary. But facts are facts.

Abortion on demand. All ways, always.

“We often don’t know the outcome,” he explained. “A patient might come into my clinic with any number of conditions… They have to go home and wait for the condition to become an emergency. Then they go to the ER.” opendemocracy.net/en/5050/texas-…

Proud to be part of this amicus brief filed with #SCOTUS today.

“Even for doctors, determining how close a patient is to death before we can act is difficult at best,” he said. “It has legal and even criminal implications for doctors who are just trying to act in our patients’ best interests.” keranews.org/health-wellnes…

Continuing to celebrate Roe on what would’ve been the 51st anni. Not for what it was but for what it represented. Any ban on abortion hurts pregnant people and those they love.

Clinical implications of the Kate Cox Texas abortion case contemporaryobgyn.net/view/clinical-… via @contemporaryob/gyn

Pregnancy criminalization is not new - it can and has happened in states where abortion is legal. It’s not a result of novel abortion bans, but rather, health care providers acting as accomplices to the carceral state. We must refuse to collude. We are healers, not cops.

Brittany should be able to focus on taking care of herself after her pregnancy loss, instead, she was arrested and charged with a felony. Join If/When/How in demanding #JusticeforBrittany: tinyurl.com/DemandJusticef…

SCOTUS will hear this case — that means mifepristone, one of two pills often used for medication abortion, remains available for now. This is good news, but the facts remain: Access to mifepristone shouldn’t be at risk at all.

ACOG strongly opposes burdensome restrictions on mifepristone. Our members and their patients need access to evidence-based standard-of-care treatments. The Supreme Court must ensure that mifepristone will remain available. Read our statement: bit.ly/4akF3bC

The Texas Supreme Court has just ruled against a woman who had sought an abortion to terminate her nonviable pregnancy. Kate Cox had petitioned a judge to get an exemption from the state's abortion ban after doctors warned that carrying to term could endanger her fertility.