U.S. abortion care safety and quality: A summary of the national academies report for perinatologists

Perinatologists provide or refer for abortion care when their patients need to end a risky or abnormal pregnancy. The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (formally the Institute of Medicine) convened an expert committee to review and synthesize the robust literature on the safety and quality of abortion care for US women. This report is a seminal work in the sub-specialty of Complex Family Planning with important implications for Maternal-Fetal Medicine. The current article summarizes the findings of the National Academies' report for practicing perinatologists, putting its findings in the context of high-risk obstetrics. It considers the growing collaboration between the two sub-specialties.