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DeShawn Taylor, MD

Founder and CEO at Health Justice MD, LLC

DeShawn Taylor, MD, is a gynecologist, family planning specialist, gender affirming care provider, associate clinical professor, and reproductive justice advocate.


About

Dr. Taylor is the founder of Health Justice MD, owner of the independent Desert Star Family Planning Clinic, and founder of the nonprofit Desert Star Institute for Family Planning. She lives and works in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Undue Burden

A Black, Woman Physician on Being Christian and Pro-Abortion in the Reproductive Justice Movement

DeShawn Taylor, MD runs her independent OB-GYN and abortion clinic as her ministry, serving those who are most harmed by anti-abortion laws—Black people, POC, Indigenous people, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ people, and the economically disadvantaged. In this book, Dr. Taylor provides an intimate portrait of her clinic and the people…

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