Been getting some questions about a new @JAMAPediatrics study on 8-12 y/o kids & their behavior around guns after watching a 1 min gun safety video. Teaching kids about gun safety is a smart precaution, but it’s critical for adults to remember that it’s NEVER a guarantee.🧵 Quick background: the research here finds that children who viewed a gun safety video at home & found a real gun hidden in a drawer in a lab were more cautious than children in a control group who viewed a car safety video at home.

Women put FAR more effort into contraception throughout our lives, yet unintended pregnancies are seen as our fault & our burden.

Let’s share & educate the male lawmakers among us.

My decades long effort➡️

Pills
Patch
Pills
Pregnancy
Pills
Pregnancy
IUD
Pregnancy
IUD All of this involved doctor’s appointments, testing, exams, trips to the pharmacy, daily reminders, medical procedures, health insurance, healthcare access, transportation, financial resources, medical knowledge, not to mention dealing with medication side effects.

My position on “late term abortions for convenience” is similar to my position on brain transplants. I don’t have one because they don’t exist. Less than 1% of abortions happen in the third trimester. These circumstances are by definition tragic. These decisions are never easy, and are always personal.

The formula shortage, and the subsequent use of babies (BABIES!!!) as political pawns, is personal to me. As a mom and a pediatrician.

I have three kids. When my oldest was born, she couldn’t latch. We tried everything. EVERYTHING. 1/6 I didn’t sleep for days after she was born. We saw multiple lactation consultants. My husband taped a tiny tube to his finger to get her to eat just drops of colostrum.

I was beside myself. I wanted nothing more than to nurse her. 2/6

On my 10 year anniversary of becoming a mother, I have some thoughts on parenting and how it drove me to run for office.

A thread.

1/9 For three decades, I walked through life assuming there was some sort of implied agreement that we all want what is best for children. I didn’t see how wrong I was until I was a mother.

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If the school shooting this week left you feeling angry, there is something we can all do right now, that doesn’t require Congress to pass a law.

We can securely store the guns in our own homes and ask about secure storage wherever our kids go to play. 1/

https://twitter.com/DeadlineWH/status/1466198030579863555

Secure storage means keeping your guns locked, unloaded and separate from ammunition.

75% of school shooters get their gun from a home.

Secure storage can prevent school shootings.

secretservice.gov/sites/default/…

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Our last installment of @MUSCkids Summer Advocacy Lecture Series is this morning.

Today we will be hosted by @OddoDr and are thrilled to have 3 guest speakers discussing how to support transgender youth.

@chase_a_glenn @WeAreFamilyCHS and rockstar youth advocate Eli Bundy. First up we have Chase Glenn, Director of LGBTQ+ Health Services @MUSChealth

Some population estimates in SC⬇️

Since we didn't get to testify at #SCPol on H.3039, a permitless open carry bill today. I thought I would share my testimony here:

My name is Dr. Annie Andrews. I am a board-certified pediatrician and I have been practicing in Charleston, since 2009. 1/ I am a member of the @SC_AAP.

I want to express my strong opposition to HB3039.

I work diligently day in and day out to reduce the incidence of pediatric firearm injuries through research, education, clinical intervention and advocacy. 2/