Open AccessIt Is Time to Integrate Abortion Into Primary Care
Author(s) -
Susan Yanow
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2012.301119
Subject(s) - abortion , medicine , face (sociological concept) , family planning , primary care , family medicine , pregnancy , work (physics) , abortion law , nursing , environmental health , population , sociology , social science , mechanical engineering , genetics , engineering , research methodology , biology
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.