Chavkin W, Rosenfield A
Columbia University School of Public Health, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY 10032.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1990 Aug;163(2):450-2. doi: 10.1016/0002-9378(90)91174-b.
The Supreme Court decision in Webster v Reproductive Health Services permits states to regulate abortion in fashions that may be medically unsound and may significantly restrict access. This decision challenges the contemporary practice of obstetrics and threatens to curtail access to needed services, particularly for poor women, who are at highest risk of pregnancy-associated medical complications and death. Governmental restrictions on abortion interfere with the obstetrician's basic goal of providing optimal care for the patient. Obstetricians dedicated to providing the best care to their patients should help to ensure that safe abortion be part of a spectrum of reproductive health care that is available to all American women.
最高法院在“韦伯斯特诉生殖健康服务案”中的裁决允许各州以可能在医学上不合理且可能严重限制堕胎途径的方式对堕胎进行监管。这一裁决对当代产科实践构成挑战，并有可能减少获得所需服务的机会，尤其是对贫困妇女而言，她们面临与怀孕相关的医疗并发症和死亡的风险最高。政府对堕胎的限制干扰了产科医生为患者提供最佳护理的基本目标。致力于为患者提供最佳护理的产科医生应帮助确保安全堕胎成为所有美国女性都能获得的一系列生殖健康护理的一部分。
