US abortion bans should not pre-empt the duty to provide life-saving abortion care to pregnant patients in medical emergencies

Lancet. 2024 Apr 6;403(10434):1318-1321. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00551-8. Epub 2024 Mar 19.

Authors

Michele Heisler¹, Nia Mitchell², Whitney Arey³, Michelle Erenberg⁴, Karla Torres⁵, Payal K Shah⁶

Affiliations

¹ Physicians for Human Rights, New York, NY 10018, USA. Electronic address: mheisler@phr.org.
² Reproductive Health Impact, San Francisco, CA, USA.
³ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Maternal and Child Health Department, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
⁴ Lift Louisiana, New Orleans, LA, USA.
⁵ Center for Reproductive Rights, New York, NY, USA.
⁶ Physicians for Human Rights, New York, NY 10018, USA.

PMID: 38518796
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00551-8

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MeSH terms

Abortion, Induced*
Abortion, Legal
Abortion, Spontaneous*
Emergencies
Female
Humans
Pregnancy