It Is Time to Integrate Abortion Into Primary Care.

• Autores: Susan Yanow
• Localización: American journal of public health, ISSN 0090-0036, Vol. 103, Nº. 1, 2013, págs. 14-16
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The Roe v Wade decision made safe abortion available but did not change the reality that more than 1 million women face an unwanted pregnancy every year. Forty years after Roe v Wade, the procedure is not accessible to many US women. The politics of abortion have led to a plethora of laws that create enormous barriers to abortion access, particularly for young, rural, and low-income women. Family medicine physicians and advanced practice clinicians are qualified to provide abortion care. To realize the promise of Roe v Wade, first-trimester abortion must be integrated into primary care and public health professionals and advocates must work to remove barriers to the provision of abortion within primary care settings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]