Abortion Care Is Essential Medical Care.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Jensen, Rachel
- Source
- Health Affairs. Feb2023, Vol. 42 Issue 2, p296-299. 4p.
- Subject
- *ABORTION laws
*CONTRACEPTION
*WORK
*PHYSICIAN-patient relations
*MEDICAL care
*PATIENTS' attitudes
*EXPERIENTIAL learning
*PATIENTS' rights
*DECISION making
- Language
- ISSN
- 0278-2715
The author argues that abortion care is an essential medical care especially for patients in emergencies or with complex medical problems. Topics covered include the need for physicians in the U.S. to defend abortion care access within their communities, the problems caused by insufficient abortion training provided to physicians working in abortion-hostile states or in residency programs with restrictive institutional policies, and how abortion care has become politicized.