Who provides
care: lay health workers for
caring for people with hypertension, lay health workers to deliver
care for mothers and children or infectious diseases, lay health workers to deliver community - based neonatal
care packages, midlevel health
professionals for
abortion care, social support to pregnant women at risk, midwife - led
care for childbearing women, non-specialist providers in mental health and neurology, and physician - nurse substitution.
Sparked by the U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 decisions in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton that legalized
abortion nationwide, federal and state governments have enacted laws that allow health
care professionals and institutions to refuse to provide services related to reproductive health without facing legal, financial or
professional consequences.