Civil Disobedience and Abortion Services After Roe v Wade: Legal and Ethical Considerations.
Obstet Gynecol
; 137(4): 626-628, 2021 04 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1207328
ABSTRACT
The future of Roe v Wade is uncertain. If it is overturned, protection of reproductive rights will be determined by the acts of individual state governments, some of which have already signaled that they will ban or severely restrict access to abortion. Health care professionals working in states that maintain the laws that applied in the time before the overturn of Roe may wish to provide assistance-anything from consultation to shipping medications-to women living in more restrictive venues. However, it is important for health care professionals to be aware of the legal consequences of those acts, as well as ethical considerations, when deciding whether to adhere to or to defy laws that they believe threaten the well-being of women. It is likely that legal consequences will vary with the type of act in which a physician engages. This article will review legal considerations, to the extent that they can be known at this point, as well as the ethics of civil disobedience.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Abortion, Legal
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Supreme Court Decisions
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
Obstet Gynecol
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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