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.
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.
(Abstracted from JAMA 2019;322(1):21–22)
The US Supreme Court's landmark 1973 ruling in Roe v Wade established a privacy right to choose abortion. However, in more recent years, many judicial cases have emerged as blatant challenges to this ruling.
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