Doctors are preoccupied with threats of criminal charges in states with abortion bans, putting patients’ lives at risk
- Written by Sophie Bjork-James, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Vanderbilt University
The study took place in Tennessee, a state that has had a near-total ban on abortions since 2022.Anchiy/E+ via Getty ImagesAbortion bans are intended to reduce elective abortions, but they are also affecting the way physicians practice medicine.
That is the key finding from our recently published article in the journal Social Science & Medicine...