The impact of provider restrictions on abortion-related outcomes: a synthesis of legal and health evidence.

ABSTRACT: Many components of abortion care in early pregnancy can safely be provided on an outpatient basis by mid-level providers or by pregnant people themselves. Yet, some states impose non-evidence-based provider restrictions, understood as legal or regulatory restrictions on who may provide or manage all or some aspects of abortion care. These restrictions are inconsistent with the World Health Organization's support for the optimization of the roles of various health workers, and do not usually reflect evidence-based determinations of who can provide abortion. As a matter of international human rights law, states should ensure that the regulation of abortion is evidence-based and proportionate, and disproportionate impacts must be remedied. Furthermore, states are obliged take steps to ensure

SUBMITTER: de Londras F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9014563 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature