Dr. Jamila Perritt MD MPH FACOG
@reprorightsdoc.bsky.social
Physician. Advocate. Activist. Provider of care at the intersection of sexual health, repro rights, and social justice. CEO & President @prh.org
Patients deserve a health care system where nurses are respected, resourced, and able to thrive. Anything less is a threat to equity, justice, and our collective well-being.
November 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Patients deserve a health care system where nurses are respected, resourced, and able to thrive. Anything less is a threat to equity, justice, and our collective well-being.
Physicians: we have an ethical obligation to stand in solidarity with nurses. Nursing is a profession worthy of resources and respect. If we can’t say that out loud, we’re not practicing justice, we’re enforcing hierarchy.
November 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Physicians: we have an ethical obligation to stand in solidarity with nurses. Nursing is a profession worthy of resources and respect. If we can’t say that out loud, we’re not practicing justice, we’re enforcing hierarchy.
As a physician, I could not do my work without nurses. They are the first point of contact for patients, the monitors of safety, the ones who spot crises before they escalate. Undermining nurses undermines patients, trust, and the integrity of care itself.
November 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
As a physician, I could not do my work without nurses. They are the first point of contact for patients, the monitors of safety, the ones who spot crises before they escalate. Undermining nurses undermines patients, trust, and the integrity of care itself.
Adding barriers to degrees, loans, and career advancement is a values statement about who the Trump administration believes deserves opportunity and mobility. And in the context of nursing degrees? They’re also letting us know who they believe deserves culturally competent care.
November 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Adding barriers to degrees, loans, and career advancement is a values statement about who the Trump administration believes deserves opportunity and mobility. And in the context of nursing degrees? They’re also letting us know who they believe deserves culturally competent care.
Nursing has long been a pathway into health care for Black, brown, immigrant, and working-class students — people whose expertise and proximity to community strengthen our health care system and patient health outcomes.
November 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Nursing has long been a pathway into health care for Black, brown, immigrant, and working-class students — people whose expertise and proximity to community strengthen our health care system and patient health outcomes.
Our pregnant people, our infants, our communities deserve to thrive — not just survive.
If you can, support mutual aid groups in your community.
When systems fail us, we take care of each other.
That’s how we survive.
That’s how we build a liberated future.
If you can, support mutual aid groups in your community.
When systems fail us, we take care of each other.
That’s how we survive.
That’s how we build a liberated future.
October 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Our pregnant people, our infants, our communities deserve to thrive — not just survive.
If you can, support mutual aid groups in your community.
When systems fail us, we take care of each other.
That’s how we survive.
That’s how we build a liberated future.
If you can, support mutual aid groups in your community.
When systems fail us, we take care of each other.
That’s how we survive.
That’s how we build a liberated future.
Despite what the Administration would have you believe, SNAP and WIC are not on the line because of trans people or immigrants. They’re on the line because the government would rather play politics than take care of us.
October 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Despite what the Administration would have you believe, SNAP and WIC are not on the line because of trans people or immigrants. They’re on the line because the government would rather play politics than take care of us.
Lawmakers using food assistance as a bargaining chip and letting thousands of families pay the price is unfathomably cruel. This is not leadership rooted in care or community.
October 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Lawmakers using food assistance as a bargaining chip and letting thousands of families pay the price is unfathomably cruel. This is not leadership rooted in care or community.
This isn’t an abstract policy debate — it’s systemic political violence with real consequences for public health.
When a pregnant person can’t access nutritious food, formula, or support, outcomes worsen across the board. We see harm that could and should be prevented.
When a pregnant person can’t access nutritious food, formula, or support, outcomes worsen across the board. We see harm that could and should be prevented.
October 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This isn’t an abstract policy debate — it’s systemic political violence with real consequences for public health.
When a pregnant person can’t access nutritious food, formula, or support, outcomes worsen across the board. We see harm that could and should be prevented.
When a pregnant person can’t access nutritious food, formula, or support, outcomes worsen across the board. We see harm that could and should be prevented.
Reproductive justice is also the right to live in a body unconstrained by hunger, neglect, or scarcity.
People need stability to be healthy.
They need food. These things are absolutely necessary for raising families.
People need stability to be healthy.
They need food. These things are absolutely necessary for raising families.
October 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Reproductive justice is also the right to live in a body unconstrained by hunger, neglect, or scarcity.
People need stability to be healthy.
They need food. These things are absolutely necessary for raising families.
People need stability to be healthy.
They need food. These things are absolutely necessary for raising families.
I’m not interested in qualifying anyone’s “worthiness” for support based on employment, sobriety, age, or ability.
And I’m not interested in policing how people use their benefits.
Everyone deserves food, stability, and care.
And I’m not interested in policing how people use their benefits.
Everyone deserves food, stability, and care.
October 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I’m not interested in qualifying anyone’s “worthiness” for support based on employment, sobriety, age, or ability.
And I’m not interested in policing how people use their benefits.
Everyone deserves food, stability, and care.
And I’m not interested in policing how people use their benefits.
Everyone deserves food, stability, and care.
Excellent point. It’s more inclusive and it is also more accurate. All the more reason to constantly examine the language we use.
October 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Excellent point. It’s more inclusive and it is also more accurate. All the more reason to constantly examine the language we use.
My solidarity with trans people isn’t at odds with Reproductive Justice — it’s integral to it.
I will keep using inclusive language. I will keep including trans people in my work.
Our liberation is bound together.
Are you coming along?
I will keep using inclusive language. I will keep including trans people in my work.
Our liberation is bound together.
Are you coming along?
October 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
My solidarity with trans people isn’t at odds with Reproductive Justice — it’s integral to it.
I will keep using inclusive language. I will keep including trans people in my work.
Our liberation is bound together.
Are you coming along?
I will keep using inclusive language. I will keep including trans people in my work.
Our liberation is bound together.
Are you coming along?
The same forces attacking abortion access are attacking gender-affirming care — both rooted in control.
We can’t stop at abortion access. We have to dig injustice out at the root, not just when it touches our own gardens.
We can’t stop at abortion access. We have to dig injustice out at the root, not just when it touches our own gardens.
October 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The same forces attacking abortion access are attacking gender-affirming care — both rooted in control.
We can’t stop at abortion access. We have to dig injustice out at the root, not just when it touches our own gardens.
We can’t stop at abortion access. We have to dig injustice out at the root, not just when it touches our own gardens.
Abortion is health care — but it’s also about bodily autonomy, self-determination, and the right to shape our own futures.
Trans people are in a parallel, interconnected fight.
Trans people are in a parallel, interconnected fight.
October 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Abortion is health care — but it’s also about bodily autonomy, self-determination, and the right to shape our own futures.
Trans people are in a parallel, interconnected fight.
Trans people are in a parallel, interconnected fight.
Pregnant women are people. “Pregnant people” doesn’t erase cis women’s experiences with pregnancy — it expands the frame.
It helps make all reproductive health safer and more accessible for everyone.
It helps make all reproductive health safer and more accessible for everyone.
October 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Pregnant women are people. “Pregnant people” doesn’t erase cis women’s experiences with pregnancy — it expands the frame.
It helps make all reproductive health safer and more accessible for everyone.
It helps make all reproductive health safer and more accessible for everyone.
Many people still think of this work as “women’s rights.” They worry that saying “pregnant people” dilutes the fight for abortion access.
If that’s where you’re coming from, I hear you. And I offer this:
If that’s where you’re coming from, I hear you. And I offer this:
October 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Many people still think of this work as “women’s rights.” They worry that saying “pregnant people” dilutes the fight for abortion access.
If that’s where you’re coming from, I hear you. And I offer this:
If that’s where you’re coming from, I hear you. And I offer this:
Hyde and Dornan are meant to break us. But our communities know how to survive—and how to keep fighting. We endure, we resist, we insist on justice.
Read more:
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Read more:
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Resisting Federal Overreach in the Exam Room and on the Streets of DC
This Hyde anniversary, Dr. Jamila Perritt reflects on the culture of fear and self-determination in the nation’s capital.
www.thenation.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Hyde and Dornan are meant to break us. But our communities know how to survive—and how to keep fighting. We endure, we resist, we insist on justice.
Read more:
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Read more:
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
In my piece for @thenation.com , I wrote about what this means for providers and communities: how federal control shows up in exam rooms, on our streets, and in daily life.
September 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
In my piece for @thenation.com , I wrote about what this means for providers and communities: how federal control shows up in exam rooms, on our streets, and in daily life.