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Editorial
. 2022 Nov 14;14(11):e31506.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.31506. eCollection 2022 Nov.

Abortion Is a Right: Perspectives of Family Medicine Physician Residents

Anita Vasudevan  1 , Briga Mullin  1 , Reece Fenning  1 , Guille Freschl  1 , Jacqueline Mostow  2 , Hannah Bogen  3 , Aljanee Whitaker  3 , Zach Anderson  4 , Alex Su  5 , Seethim Naicker  5 , Yvonne Chow  6 , Jennifer Tsai  6 , Basilia Oseguera  7 , Justin Chin  7   8
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Editorial

Abortion Is a Right: Perspectives of Family Medicine Physician Residents

Anita Vasudevan et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

Abortion is healthcare. Bodily autonomy is a fundamental human right. As chief resident physicians representing family medicine residency programs in the Greater Bay Area and Central California in the University of California San Francisco Family Medicine Alliance, we share a deep commitment to promoting health equity, advancing social justice, and eliminating health disparities. The 2022 Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization to overturn Roe v. Wade contradicts the inherent rights of patients to make their own reproductive healthcare decisions. This is a clarion call for all people to engage in activities to raise awareness and prompt discussion about abortion, reproductive rights, and maternal mortality.

Keywords: abortion 2022; abortion ban and restrictions; abortion laws and society; abortion training; bodily autonomy; health policy and advocacy; healthy equity; racism; roe v. wade; structural racism.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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