The Impact of Changing Abortion Legislation on Emergency Medicine Residents in a State With Protected Abortion Rights.

ABSTRACT: Background The US Supreme Court's 2022 ruling in Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization overturned Roe v Wade, allowing individual states to determine abortion restrictions, significantly impacting graduate medical education (GME). While focus has been on states enacting restrictions, the impacts in states where abortion rights are safeguarded are equally important. Emergency medicine (EM) serves as a safety net within the health care system, making it ideal for understanding the broader implications of these legal changes on GME. Objective To explore the experiences and perspectives of EM residents regarding changing abortion legislation in California, an abortion-protective state. Methods We conducted a qualitative study using transcendental phenom

SUBMITTER: Preiksaitis C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11324168 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature