Sentences with phrase «about medical abortions»
«To call this an at - home abortion is deceptive,» Raymond, Klein, and Dumble noted about medical abortions in general, «since most treatment transpires in the clinic, hospital, or office, and is extremely medicalized.»
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«Every year, about 19 - 20 million abortions are done by individuals without the requisite skills, or in environments below minimum medical standards, or both.
If he knowingly commits a post-24 weeks abortion, based on such stringent life and health criteria, the doctor must certify his judgment about the threat in writing; acquire the concurrence of a second doctor in that judgment based on a «separate personal medical examination» of the woman; perform the abortion in a hospital; employ procedures designed to maximize the unborn child's chances to survive; and have a second physician present, ready to consider any surviving child his primary patient.
Roe v Wade was about giving women who will make the choice to have an abortion access to safe and professional medical care.
I've written about personhood before and it's really dangerous; not only would it make getting an abortion akin to murder, but it could also criminalize women for their actions while pregnant, such as drinking or smoking pot (even for doctor - ordered medical reasons) or cigarettes, or engaging in certain risky sports or careers.
So, it softens their cervix - that just supports what has been said about it being used when it comes to medical abortion (another «off label» use of the drug).
Before NOW - NYS supports this nominee, women need answers as to how Kagan will rule on issues of reproductive rights; abortion, contraception, and all forms of medical procedures that would affect a woman's privacy in making important decisions about her body.»
Between the positions at either end of the spectrum, there is a range of ethical, political and medical debate about how easy access to abortion should be, which interests and factors should prevail over others, and how late terminations may be carried out.
The medical profession appears to be divided, the researchers note, not just in its attitudes about providing controversial practices such as terminal sedation, abortion or birth control for teens, but also in its judgments about what doctors should do when patients request a legal procedure to which their doctor objects.
As time went by, we felt disappointed when we saw so - called Christians who choose to care more about abortions than the welfare of less fortunate but alive children, or about keeping a brain - dead woman alive while ignoring the massive health - care crisis in this country that leaves millions of poor people without any medical care, even for preventable health catastrophes.
Foes of safe, legal abortion also have stepped up their use of state legislation to thwart personal, private medical decisions about pregnancy that are best left between a woman and her doctor.
allow a medical professional in Arizona to withhold from a woman information about her pregnancy that could prompt her to obtain an abortion;
Due to health concerns about infection rates and adverse events, we are updating our medical protocol for medication abortion.
Abortion opponents are calling for Congress to investigate after a controversial, edited video shows a Planned Parenthood medical director talking about fetal tissue collection and the potential price for individual organs and tissues.
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In keeping with standards of medical practice, abortion providers already give all prospective patients full information about their options, medical procedures and risks, and all other information they need for voluntary, informed consent.
If enacted, so - called «personhood» measures could interfere with personal, private, medical decisions relating to decisions about birth control, access to fertility treatment, management of a miscarriage, and access to safe and legal abortion.