Kate Connors

CT to DC to BOS, media relations and comms for @ACOG. Mostly women's health content, stay for the baby updates.

[ACOG @acog]

Today is #MaternalHealthAwarenessDay! It’s crucial that we come together for our patients and our communities. Follow along as we lift up the voices of those who best know what’s at stake when it comes to maternal and reproductive health in the United States.

[Kate Connors @KateMaryConnors]

Abortion is health care. When you prevent doctors from providing needed care, patients suffer. Don’t blame the doctors because the laws that you imposed have consequences. Blame the bans. #AbortionIsHealthcare

[ACOG @acog]

As stories continue to emerge about the pain pregnant people suffer in states with abortion bans, opponents of abortion claim that it’s doctors’ fault that some patients cannot access care they need. Our new video makes it clear: bans are to blame.

[ACOG Action @ACOGAction]

ACOG is disappointed that the continuing resolution, while keeping the government open, has cast aside opportunities to make a meaningful difference in maternal and child health. It is critical that in the new Congress, these provisions become priority legislation. 2/2

[ACOG Action @ACOGAction]

The original bipartisan funding bill had provisions that would shore up efforts to confront maternal mortality, help keep physician practices open, improve rural health education and readiness, inform prevention of stillbirth, and more. 1/2

[ACOG Action @ACOGAction]

ACOG opposes Nebraska’s Initiative 434, which would enshrine a 12-week #abortion ban. There is no room for legislative interference in essential reproductive health care decisions. However, its proponents are misrepresenting our position.
We’ll make it clear: Vote no on 434.

[Kate Connors @KateMaryConnors]

Pay attention to the language people use when talking about #abortion, because it’s intentional. Learn what not to say so you don’t accidentally perpetuate bias.

[ACOG @acog]

The phrase "abortion pill" is a biased one that stigmatizes medication abortion, which is a well-studied regimen of safe, effective mifepristone and misoprostol and is a essential part of health care. Read our Guide to Language and Abortion: https://t.co/VGVzsWxE2L

[Kate Connors @KateMaryConnors]

This episode from @PhoebeVJudge is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever listened to. It’s pure art. I’m mourning a woman I never met. https://t.co/N0j3yL4zYj

[Kate Connors @KateMaryConnors]

This is heartbreaking. There are people in Georgia who are scheduled for abortions tomorrow who will have to be turned away. Their lives, health, and futures are not a game to be toyed with.

[ACOG Action @ACOGAction]

Today, lawmakers in Georgia will once again take reproductive autonomy out of the hands of Georgians and their trusted physicians and give it to politicians instead of patients. Revoking access to essential health care is cruel and will cost lives.

[ACOG @acog]

The people behind abortion bans blame doctors for the consequences of obeying the laws that they imposed. Nisha Verma, MD, FACOG, explains what it’s like to practice under a ban that prevents her from taking care of her patients to the full extent of her ability.

[ACOG Action @ACOGAction]

A judge just struck down Georgia's cruel six-week #abortion ban, which has caused suffering in the state for the last two years. For the sake of people in Georgia, we hope that the ban remains on hold so that patients can get the care they need. https://t.co/jGoGLjrIMn

[Kate Connors @KateMaryConnors]

This bill failed to pass a vote in June due to lack of #GOP support. Don’t let it happen again.

[ACOG Action @ACOGAction]

Today, the Senate will vote AGAIN on the #RightToIVF act, which would protect the ability of patients across the country to access critical fertility care, regardless of their restrictive state laws. Tell your Senator TODAY to support this bill. #IVFforAll https://t.co/288BcAOkRC

[Kate Connors @KateMaryConnors]

If there’s anything I love more than #obgyns, it’s #obgyn residents. I had a great time talking to Connecticut residents today about the power of their voices and the icing on the cake was seeing @DrVeroPimentel! #obgyntwitter

[ACOG Action @ACOGAction]

We shouldn’t have to say this: Abortion after birth is not real. Lies that abortions occur after delivery are cruel to families in need of essential health care and dangerous to clinicians that provide care.

[ACOG Action @ACOGAction]

ACOG is relieved to see that Montana’s parental consent law, which makes a minor’s right to receive abortion care contingent upon a parent’s consent, has been struck down. Essential health care must be available to everyone who needs it, regardless of their age.

[ACOG Action @ACOGAction]

Today’s important report from @FrankPallone and @EnergyCommerce details in clear relief the ways in which abortion bans are wreaking havoc when it comes to critical medical training for the next generation of #obgyns. Read our statement: https://t.co/JDZ6BihV5j

[ACOG Action @ACOGAction]

Iowa’s six-week abortion ban fails Iowans who will need evidence-based care now and in the future. ACOG condemns any measure that robs patients of control over their own lives, bodies, and health and restricts access to necessary care.

[Kate Connors @KateMaryConnors]

This is a really important read about #DEI in medicine and why cultural concordance is critical. #meded #medtwitrer #obgyntwitter #obgyn

[ACOG @acog]

One year after the repeal of affirmative action, Michelle J. Wang, MD; Victoria Wang, MD; Yeon Woo Lee, MD; and Kenneth H. Kim, MD, FACOG, call on the medical community to champion diversity and inclusion. Read their powerful insights: https://t.co/2fjdBCHyaA

[ACOG Action @ACOGAction]

ACOG has repeatedly argued that medical emergency exceptions don’t work. Criminalizing evidence-based care only causes harm—and data is increasingly highlighting how widespread that harm is: https://t.co/V7dUZW3Obj

[ACOG Action @ACOGAction]

In 2021 Texas SB 8 passed, banning abortion except “when deemed necessary in medical emergencies.”

Now a @JAMAPediatrics study shows that in 2021–22, infant deaths in Texas increased by 12.9%, infant mortality by 8.3%, and neonatal mortality by 5.8%.

This is ideology in action.

[ACOG @acog]

In the two years since the catastrophic #Dobbs decision stripped countless people of access to abortion, the attacks have not slowed, the losses have not stopped, and the suffering has not abated. Read our statement: https://t.co/PnI0loEcmH