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This Viewpoint discusses the history behind the right to physical and mental health in the US and the right to receive care during medical emergencies under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, and argues that abortion is health care.
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Abortion, Induced , Delivery of Health Care , Female , Humans , Pregnancy , Abortion, Spontaneous , Health FacilitiesABSTRACT
This JAMA Forum discusses state-level abortion restrictions and protections, emergency care, abortion medication, and abortion counseling 1 year after the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v Wade.
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Abortion, Induced , Abortion, Spontaneous , Pregnancy , Female , Humans , Abortion, LegalABSTRACT
This Viewpoint summarizes several federal strategies to ensure pregnant persons' access to abortion services after the recent Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization: expanding access to medication abortion, ensuring provision of emergency abortion services, proposing new conscience protections for clinicians, and protecting reproductive rights at the state level.
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Anniversaries and Special Events , Reproductive Rights , Humans , Female , Pregnancy , Pregnant Women , Freedom , Health Services AccessibilityABSTRACT
This Viewpoint discusses the ways in which the Supreme Court's ruling in Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization, which triggered abortion bans or restrictions in half of states, presents serious legal risks to clinicians and major ethical dilemmas.