Legal barriers to second-trimester abortion provision and public health consequences

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 623-630

  Jones, Bonnie Scott ^a   Weitz, Tracy A ^b,c  

^a Center for Reproductive Rights   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTIVE AGENT; DIGOXIN; PLACEBO; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

AMBULATORY SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL ABORTION; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SECOND TRIMESTER ABORTION; SURGICAL ABORTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INDUCED ABORTION; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; PREGNANCY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ABORTION, LEGAL; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MISSISSIPPI; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; SUPREME COURT DECISIONS; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY HEALTH AGENCIES;

EID: 63149103544     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.127530     Document Type: Review

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