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The ACR Responds to Impact of the Dobbs v. Jackson Decision on Rheumatology Patients and Providers

Joseph Cantrell, JD, & Kenneth G. Saag, MD, MSc  |  

The ACR is working tirelessly to ensure that all rheumatology patients have equal access to the treatments they need and that our members can confidently provide those treatments without fear of legal consequences. You can aid this effort by reporting related access issues to [email protected].

Joseph Cantrell, JD, is the director of state affairs and community relations for the ACR.

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Kenneth G. Saag, MD, MSc, is a professor of medicine and holds the Water’s endowed chair in the Division and the Department of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). He is the division director of clinical immunology and rheumatology, and the director of the UAB Comprehensive Arthritis, Musculoskeletal, Bone, and Autoimmunity Center. He is also the ACR’s 85th president.

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