EMW Women's Surgical Center

21/07/2025

Abortion bans cause harm in so many ways — even for those who never wanted to end a pregnancy.

I'm Sorry for My Loss by Rebecca Little & Colleen Long explores the stigma, shame, and politics surrounding pregnancy loss.

Recommended by a Kentuckian who’s lived it.

10/07/2025

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." – Margaret Mead

03/07/2025

Women and girls in Kentucky are NOT free and equal.
When reproductive rights are restricted, it doesn't just impact women — it affects families, communities, and society as a whole.
We need more men in the fight — speaking up, showing up, and standing beside us.
Work with us to build a future where everyone is free and equal.

23/06/2025

In 2025, restrictive abortion laws made the unimaginable real: a dead Black woman was forced to carry a pregnancy — in a state where Black women were once bought, sold, and bred. This is not just a tragedy. It’s a warning.

Your rights. Your body. Your humanity. Keep fighting.
Read Dr. King's article: https://kevinmd.com/2025/06/adriana-smiths-story-a-medical-tragedy-under-heartbeat-laws.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawLC5N9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHlb3iRVTqByCnLAGTwA0lnEriE5lDAPQJIO6DJT3aii3YqVfuRt070kIKe_m_aem_duauV0HPA2kV1UjlIOEcEQ

A physician reflects on the ethical, legal, and moral implications of using a brain-dead pregnant woman’s body to preserve a fetus, calling for advocacy, accountability, and reproductive autonomy.

13/06/2025

To the patients we served, and those we can no longer reach—we see you. Decades of experience have shown us the profound impact abortion care has on people's health and lives. We continue to fight for you and invite you to join us in this work.

Sign the pledge: Kentuckians for Reproductive FreedomWe Kentuckians are tired of lawmakers interfering in our private medical decisions - especially when it comes to abortion or birth control. It’s been two years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and Kentucky’s abortion ban has had...

05/06/2025

“It takes no compromising to give people their rights. It takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no survey to remove repressions....”

— Harvey Milk (May 22, 1930 - November 27, 1978)

19/05/2025

Majorities across most religious traditions say that abortion should be legal in all or most cases, including Unitarian Universalists (93%) Jewish Americans (81%), Buddhists (79%), other Catholics of color (73%), Black Protestants (71%), white mainline/non-evangelical Protestants (68%), white Catholics (62%), Muslims (62%), Hispanic Catholics (57%), and other Protestants of color (52%).
Find out more here; https://www.kyrff.com/religion-abortion

15/05/2025

Across the country there are heightened threats and violence at health care facilities that provide abortions, contraception and accredited required training to medical students and residents. Anti- abortion extremists have been pardoned.
View this video as a reminder of what women and their partners experienced in Louisville to access care. Is kicking people entering a health care facility peaceful protesting?

07/05/2025

Kentucky physicians, allied health professionals, medical students and allies continue to highlight the devastating impacts of the abortion bans and challenge the harmful narratives - that suggest pregnant people don't know what they want or need. WE KNOW BETTER.
Write to every state legislator to restore your reproductive freedom.
https://legislature.ky.gov/Legislators/Pages/default.aspx

23/04/2025

“When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak....”

— Audre Lorde (February 18, 1934 - November 17, 1992)

10/04/2025

Despite Kentucky politicians claims that HB90 will help clarify when doctors can provide emergency abortion care, the reality is it remains dangerous and life-threatening to be pregnant in Kentucky. Notably, it did not add exceptions for survivors of r**e or in**st, it keeps felony charges in place for doctors, codified non-medical language, and leads to more confusion and barriers to care.

Health care decisions must be returned to patients and their doctors.

Abortion bans are a direct attack on the patient-physician relationship. Medical decisions should be made between doctors and patients. Not politicians and churches. Doctors Not Doctrine Religious doctrine drove abortion bans, not evidence based medical information. Following the US Supreme Court's....

03/04/2025

"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."
Barack Obama 2008

Thank you to medical students standing for abortion rights.

I moved from Los Angeles to Louisville for medical school and immediately lost my full reproductive freedom and access to abortion training.