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Health-care workforce implications of the Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization decision
Claire D Brindis1, Melissa H Laitner2, Ellen Wright Clayton3
1Philip R Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA; Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Health, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Abstract:
The Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization Supreme Court decision, which revoked the constitutional right to abortion in the USA, has impacted the national medical workforce. Impacts vary across states, but providers in states with restrictive abortion laws now must contend with evolving legal and ethical challenges that have the potential to affect workforce safety, mental health, education, and training opportunities, in addition to having serious impacts on patient health and far-reaching societal consequences. Moreover, Dobbs has consequences on almost every facet of the medical workforce, including on physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and others who work within the health-care system. Comprehensive research is urgently needed to understand the wide-ranging implications of Dobbs on the medical workforce, including legal, ethical, clinical, and psychological dimensions, to inform evidence-based policies and standards of care in abortion-restrictive settings. Lessons from the USA might also have global relevance for countries facing similar restrictions on reproductive care.
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