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A 26-Year-Old Woman Seeking an Abortion, 1 Year Later
Erin E. Hartman, MS;
Richard A. Parker, MD
From the Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Ave, LY318, Boston, MA 02215.
JAMA. 2000;283:2700.
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At Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds in June 1999, David A. Grimes, MD, discussed a 26-year-old student who had discovered she was pregnant.1 The patient, Ms B, citing cultural and family prohibitions to having a child while unmarried, along with financial barriers, asked to have the pregnancy terminated. Ms B was referred to a family planning clinic, where, after extensive counseling, she chose to have a surgical abortion.
Dr Grimes explained that abortion is a common experience for women throughout the world. He discussed barriers associated with abortions, such as cost, gestational age limits, access to abortion providers, legislative issues, and harassment. Dr Grimes described the demographics of unintended pregnancies in the United States and characteristics of patients choosing to have abortions. He presented evidence that psychological sequelae following abortion tend to be minor and that most women feel relieved, as Ms . . . [Full Text of this Article] DR K, THE PRIMARY PHYSICIAN
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