Abortion Is Health Care

This Viewpoint discusses the history behind the right to physical and mental health in the US and the right to receive care during medical emergencies under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, and argues that abortion is health care.

Roe v Wade's 50th Anniversary: New Legal Frontiers for Safeguarding Reproductive Freedoms

This Viewpoint summarizes several federal strategies to ensure pregnant persons’ access to abortion services after the recent Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization: expanding access to medication abortion, ensuring provision of emergency abortion services, proposing new conscience protections for clinicians, and protecting reproductive rights at the state level.

Legal Risks and Ethical Dilemmas for Clinicians in the Aftermath of Dobbs

This Viewpoint discusses the ways in which the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which triggered abortion bans or restrictions in half of states, presents serious legal risks to clinicians and major ethical dilemmas.

Respectful maternity care in the context of COVID-19: A human rights perspective

Pregnant women should receive respectful maternity care in the context of COVID‐19 and not be subject to policies and practices that violate their human rights.