Unintended Consequences

Abortion Training in the Years After Roe v Wade

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ID11032745
AuthorsSarp Aksel (All authors are with Medical Students for Choice, Philadelphia, PA. Sarp Aksel is also with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY. Lydia Fein is also with the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL. Em Ketterer is also with the Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI. Emily Young is also with Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Lauderdale, FL.), Lydia A Fein (0000-0002-0673-051X, Nova Southeastern University), Lydia Fein (All authors are with Medical Students for Choice, Philadelphia, PA. Sarp Aksel is also with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY. Lydia Fein is also with the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL. Em Ketterer is also with the Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI. Emily Young is also with Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Lauderdale, FL.), Em Ketterer (All authors are with Medical Students for Choice, Philadelphia, PA. Sarp Aksel is also with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY. Lydia Fein is also with the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL. Em Ketterer is also with the Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI. Emily Young is also with Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Lauderdale, FL.), Emily Young (0000-0001-6521-4681, All authors are with Medical Students for Choice, Philadelphia, PA. Sarp Aksel is also with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY. Lydia Fein is also with the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL. Em Ketterer is also with the Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI. Emily Young is also with Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Lauderdale, FL.), Lois Backus (All authors are with Medical Students for Choice, Philadelphia, PA. Sarp Aksel is also with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY. Lydia Fein is also with the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL. Em Ketterer is also with the Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI. Emily Young is also with Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Lauderdale, FL.), Lois V Backus (Nova Southeastern University)
Year2013
Volume103
Issue3
Pages404-407
Publication date2013-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2012.301152
PMID23327239
PMCIDPMC3673517
OpenAlexW2118139166
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited13

The US Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v Wade decision had clear implications for American women’s reproductive rights and physician ability to carry out patient choices. Its effect on physician abortion training was less apparent. In an effort to increase patient access to abortions after Roe, provision shifted from hospitals to nonhospital clinics. However, these procedures and patients were taken out of the medical education realm, and physicians became vulnerable to intimidation. The consequent provider shortage created an unexpected barrier to abortion access. Medical Students for Choice was founded in 1993 to increase abortion-training opportunities for medical students and residents. Its mission ensures that motivated medical students will learn and a growing number of physicians will commit to comprehensive abortion provision

Abortion · Biology · Pregnancy · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Demography · Medicine · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Contraception · Reproductive Health and Technologies

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