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It is time to integrate abortion into primary care

S. Yanow

American Journal of Public Health, 2013, vol. 103, issue 1, 14-16

Abstract: 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 advocatesmust work to remove barriers to the provision of abortion within primary care settings. Copyright © 2012 by the American Public Health Association®.

Keywords: article; female; first trimester pregnancy; health care delivery; human; integrated health care system; legal abortion; legal aspect; politics; pregnancy; primary health care; unwanted pregnancy, Abortion, Legal; Delivery of Health Care, Integrated; Female; Health Services Accessibility; Humans; Politics; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Trimester, First; Pregnancy, Unwanted; Primary Health Care (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301119

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