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. 2024 Feb 20;331(7):557-558.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.28397.

Abortion Is Health Care

Michele Bratcher Goodwin  1 , Rebecca B Reingold  1 , Lawrence O Gostin  1
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Abortion Is Health Care

Michele Bratcher Goodwin et al. JAMA. .
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Plain language summary

This Viewpoint discusses the history behind the right to physical and mental health in the US and the right to receive care during medical emergencies under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, and argues that abortion is health care.

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