Chelsea Faso, MD

Family Doc. Repro Health Advocate. NYC.

[Fight for the Future @fightfortheftr]

ableism 🤝surveillance culture
mask bans

Mask bans hurt everyone. Stop the attacks on privacy, protest, and public health– take action at https://t.co/fy2LS9knVK and tell lawmakers: no mask bans, no exceptions!

https://t.co/iqxXbRgVGA
#NoMaskBans #StopMaskBans

[Chelsea Faso, MD @cfasoMD]

“This increase in numbers is driven by abortions provided via telehealth, which rose to 20% of all abortions…Since providers started offering medication abortion via telehealth under shield law protections, on average around 9,200 people per month in states with bans”

[Society of Family Planning @SocietyFP]

New #WeCount data released today.

The average monthly number of abortions continues to increase slightly, a testament to the continued and growing need for abortion care across the country.

https://t.co/O9Wf4uZmlY

[NYCLU (Find us on Bluesky) @NYCLU]

Criminalizing masks forces those with disabilities or medical conditions, as well as their families and loved ones, to have to decide whether to segregate themselves from public life or endanger their health and even lives.

Our statement:

[NYCLU (Find us on Bluesky) @NYCLU]

BREAKING: The Nassau County legislature has passed a mask ban.

Here's what you need to know about the bill and your rights:

[Chelsea Faso, MD @cfasoMD]

These mask bans threaten public health, personal freedom, and open an avenue for discrimination. I mask in public to protect my family and my patients. Don’t let this happen in Nassau County, New York, or anywhere!

[Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran]

UPDATE: Here's the language of the proposed mask ban bill in Nassau County, NY. It's bad!

While health is mentioned, the ban would apply to public places and some private properties, and gives police power to ask anyone to remove their mask.

[@prh.org @prhdocs]

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.

[Chelsea Faso, MD @cfasoMD]

NY Attorney General Investigates Drug-Testing Pregnant and New Moms, as Legal Challenges Over the Practice Grow https://t.co/XDd55MHemD

[Chelsea Faso, MD @cfasoMD]

Just got my hands on a free nonpartisan voter badge from @vot_er_org. Civic duty: assisting patients with voter registration and ballot info. Grab yours too: https://t.co/BsOTnfsG9f 🗳️ #HealthierDemocracy #CivicDuty

[The New York Times @nytimes]

At least one in six abortions in the U.S., around 14,000 a month, were administered through telemedicine, with clinicians prescribing mail-order abortion pills after online consultations, the first nationwide count of telehealth abortions found. https://t.co/bJFA3X5kqc

[Chelsea Faso, MD @cfasoMD]

Our community has known that anti-science politicians never intended on stopping at banning abortion. This represents interference in personal health care decisions, & exposes anti-abortion intentions to continue to restrict bodily autonomy, no matter the decisions you’re making.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

A Republican senator blocked quick passage of a bill that would establish federal protections for in vitro fertilization and other fertility treatments in the wake of a ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court that frozen embryos should be considered children. https://t.co/0cEBtof23C

[Chelsea Faso, MD @cfasoMD]

It is NEVER in the best interest of communities to defund their clinics and training programs. This is an unfortunate trend in NYC. Pushing aside medicaid insured patients is racist healthcare. Please sign and share petition!

https://t.co/hkafFaCjWO

#SaveSinaiFM #ShameOnSinai

[Mount Sinai Downtown Family Medicine @SinaiFamilyMed]

#SaveSinaiFM #ShameOnSinai #PeopleOverProfits #FamilyMedicine

[@prh.org @prhdocs]

ICYMI: Anti-abortion politicians are targeting Texas abortion funds and PRH's Board Chair Elect @dr_moayedi. Why? Because they're fighting to protect the privacy of the patients they care for and the donors who believe in showing up for people who need abortions.

[Chelsea Faso, MD @cfasoMD]

Thank you for your leadership on this assembly bill @KarinesReyes87

[Chelsea Faso, MD @cfasoMD]

“The bill stipulates that New York courts and officials will not cooperate if a state with an abortion ban tries to prosecute, sue or otherwise penalize a New York health care provider who offers abortion via telemedicine to a patient in that state…” https://t.co/KfMqFvmDZd

[Chelsea Faso, MD @cfasoMD]

@BrianCurran21 @SenKevinThomas As a constituent and Family Doctor from your district, I ask you to please support the Informed Consent Act (A.109/S.320)

[Chelsea Faso, MD @cfasoMD]

Keeping families together & removing barriers for pregnant people to access dignified prenatal care & support is a #ReproductiveJustice and #RacialJustice issue.

@CarlHeastie and @AndreaSCousins must pass the Informed Consent Act (A.109/S.320) now! #ReimagineSupport

[Chelsea Faso, MD @cfasoMD]

All NY families – especially Black and brown families – have the right to be healthy, happy, and whole, without fear of test-and-report surveillance. We have the power to build better.

NYS must pass Informed Consent (A.109/S.320) now! #ReimagineSupport #SupportNotSeparation

[Chelsea Faso, MD @cfasoMD]

A drug test is NOT a parenting test. A positive drug test does not equal abuse or neglect, yet hospitals still target Black mamas for non-consensual drug tests and report positive results to the family regulation system. This is a violation of people’s dignity and autonomy.

[Chelsea Faso, MD @cfasoMD]

NY is grappling with racial disparities in healthcare and reckoning with practices that erode patients’ trust in the very system tasked with providing care & support.

“Test and report” drives fear in engaging in prenatal care & puts families at risk of traumatic separation.

[Chelsea Faso, MD @cfasoMD]

Black and Brown folks are targeted for non-consensual drug tests while pregnant and during labor and delivery, a particularly special and crucial time for bonding. Early and ongoing separation can cause trauma that spans generations.

[Chelsea Faso, MD @cfasoMD]

A positive drug test often doesn't lead to any referral to care or drug treatment, but yet hospitals routinely report positive drug tests to family regulation system agencies (CPS).

But NY & federal law make clear that a positive test alone ≠ harm & doesn't require a report!