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Oct 2025
9m 48s

ASRM Today: Advocacy and Activism

American Society for Reproductive Medicine, ASRM
About this episode

On this episode, we kick off a new season of ASRM Today, a season that will focus on reproductive rights and reproductive justice in reproductive medicine. On this episode, I talk with Jessie Losch from our Washington, D.C. headquarters , who is ASRM Director of Government Affairs, about the current climate and role of advocacy and activism in reproductive medicine. 

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