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Reproductive rights in the United States: acquiescence is not a strategy

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Scientific and medical conferences should not be held in states that ban abortion, as such bans put the lives of women at risk.

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The authors thank L.M. Yee, J. Esserman, D. Grossman and N. Milliken for their input on creating Table 1 and for reviewing this manuscript.

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Laura J. Esserman

  2. Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Douglas Yee

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L.J.E. is an unpaid board member of the not-for-profit QuantumLeap Healthcare Collaborative, is on the Medical Advisory Panel for Blue Cross Blue Shield and receives funding for a phase 1 intratumoral injection study for DCIS from Moderna.

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Esserman, L.J., Yee, D. Reproductive rights in the United States: acquiescence is not a strategy. Nat Med 30, 1238–1240 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-024-02921-y

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