reproductiveaccess.org | July 2019
The Reproductive Access Project is a nonprofit organization that works with healthcare practitioners to better integrate abortion and contraceptive care into medical practice. This fact sheet compares medical abortions and surgical abortion procedures, highlighting their respective advantages and disadvantages.
guttmacher.com | May 2015
The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is a nonprofit professional organization of physicians specializing in Obstetrics and Gynecology. This FAQ sheet on induced abortion provides medically accurate, yet understandable, information from physicians regarding induced abortions in the first and second trimester.
guttmacher.com | By Rebecca Wind | November 27, 2017
theatlantic.com | By Leah Galant and Maya Cueva | December 20, 2017
This short documentary follows Dr. Shannon Carr as she travels from her home in New Mexico to provide abortion care in Dallas, Texas after HB2 was enacted, decreasing the number of abortion clinics in Texas to 7 (HB2 has since been overturned by the Supreme Court, but many clinics have been unable to reopen). Dr. Carr shares the challenges of her job and providing care in such a hostile environment.
latimes.com | By Soumya Katlamangla | January 24, 2019
This articles highlights the experience of an abortion provider who travels from her home state to provide abortion care in Texas, which has a dearth of abortion clinics and abortion providers. quality patient care.
marieclaire.com | By Kayla Webley Alder | May 19, 2016
This articles highlights the experience of an abortion provider who travels from her home state to provide abortion care in Kansas, which has a dearth of abortion clinics and abortion providers.
Working (podcast) | slate.com | By Jacob Brogan | November 22, 2016
While everyone’s careers and life experiences are different, in this podcast Dr. Diane Horvath-Cosper provides a candid and honest perspective on what her life as an abortion provider looks like both personally and professionally. She describes the challenges many abortion providers face due to legal restrictions that make delivering medical care more challenging as well as the personal challenges of working in a field so stigmatized.
theatlantic.com | By Mara Gordon | June 9, 2015
Dr. Mara Gordon describes her experiences training as a medical student and resident in Philadelphia, which is a liberal and generally pro-choice city. She contrasts these experiences with medical students who train in more conservative, and anti-choice environments where education on abortion care is scarce and often inaccessible.
acog.org | ACOG | November 2014
The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) supports access to abortion care and recommends that all medical students and residents be exposed to abortion care training on an opt-out basis. They suggest that better access to education and training could remedy the shortage of abortion providers in the United States.
buzzfeed.com | By Caroline Kee | April 19, 2017
The Abortion Library