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Dark-Alley Ethics — How to Interpret Medical Exceptions to Bans on Abortion Provision

Katie Watson

2023New England Journal of Medicine15 citationsDOI

Abstract

Some new state bans on abortion provision include medical exceptions, but it is hard to know how to interpret them. How can physicians use the clinical judgment these statutes authorize to maximum patient benefit?

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AbortionStatuteMedicineAlleyState (computer science)LawPregnancyPolitical scienceComputer scienceEngineeringBiologyGeneticsCivil engineeringAlgorithmReproductive Health and ContraceptionEthics in medical practiceReproductive Health and Technologies