Dr. Bhavik Kumar’s (advocacy) for access

“You have to meet patients where they are — having a fact-sharing conversation, respecting their choices and opinions, and taking care of people. That gets me further than judgment.”Dr. Bhavik Kumar is a family physician and serves as the medical director for primary and trans care at Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast based in Houston — where he has been an abortion provider in his home state of Texas since 2015. He completed med school at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, and did his residency and fellowship in Bronx, New York, and also has his Masters in Public Health at Columbia University. Since the overturn of Roe v. Wade, there’s been increased chaos and confusion across the country. Communities of color have always had difficulty accessing abortion, whether due to abortion stigma, medical disinformation, language barriers, immigration status, or racism in the health care system. Roe's overturn has hit minority communities the hardest. With so much disinformation, and frankly stigmas in our communities that embolden anti-abortion views, we wanted to unpack how Dr. Bhavik navigates it all - running from his experience becoming an abortion provider, and how he’s been working with patients, especially with immigrants and communities of color. This episode is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, who’s encouraging you and your community to make sure you’ve got your updated COVID-19 Vaccines. We can do this. Find updated vaccines near you @ VACCINES.govLEARN ABOUT DR. BHAVIK aclu.org/bio/dr-bhavik-kumar twitter.com/txabortiondoc MENTIONS BOOK: Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides) - goodreads.com/book/show/2187.Middlesex BOOK: She’s Come Undone (Wally Lamb) - goodreads.com/book/show/5203.She_s_Come_Undone PERSON: Loretta Ross (Sister Song) - wikipedia.org/wiki/Loretta_Ross See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.