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. 2022;50(3):399-400.
doi: 10.1017/jme.2022.82.

INTRODUCTION

Admiral Rachel L Levine  1
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INTRODUCTION

Admiral Rachel L Levine. J Law Med Ethics. 2022.

Abstract

I am pleased to introduce this Symposium Edition of The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, which covers a wide variety of issues central to transgender health equity, including Dr. Jamison Green's recent history of the impact of health policy on transgender communities, Dr. M. Killian Kinney, Ms. Taylor Pearson, and Prof. Julie Ralston Aoki's transgender equity tool for legal policy analysis, and Prof. Elizabeth Kukura's analysis of issues facing transgender, non-binary, and gender expansive people during pregnancy and childbirth.

Keywords: Gender Equity; Gender Minorities; Gender Non-Binary; Health Equity; Transgender.

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