Fifty years after the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Roe v. Wade — and seven months after that decision was reversed — health care providers reflect on the history and the future of abortion care.
People protest in response to the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization ruling in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on June 24, 2022 in Washington, DC. The decision in Dobbs overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade case and erased a federal right to an abortion that existed for nearly 50 years.
WBUR asked two OB-GYNs and abortion care providers how they’re thinking about abortion rights 50 years after Roe — and seven months after Roe was reversed. “The risk of death is 14 times higher with childbirth than with early abortion. So if someone is pregnant, and is contemplating whether or not to continue that pregnancy, the option with the lowest risk to her health and life is an early abortion.
"We have taken care of many patients across the whole spectrum — including patients who firmly believe that abortion is wrong at the same time that they are getting their own abortion. We believe strongly that every case is complicated and nuanced, and that each patient is in the best position to make her own reproductive health care decisions. We allow them the space to make those decisions.Doctors are sometimes targeted for this work.
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