ICYMI: @latimes Editorial Board gets it right: medication abortion should be considered part of basic student healthcare, as California’s #SB320 seeks to do.
Why, you ask? I’ll explain! latimes.com/opinion/editor…
Why, you ask? I’ll explain! latimes.com/opinion/editor…
First, abortion is common—especially among the age group of most students. One in four women will have an abortion in her lifetime, and the highest abortion rate is among those 20-24 years old. cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/6… #SB320
Second, abortion is a timely procedure. Abortion is safe, and safest and easiest when done early in pregnancy.
Why increase the risks by unnecessarily delaying the procedure by referring patients to other providers? ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26241413 #SB320
Why increase the risks by unnecessarily delaying the procedure by referring patients to other providers? ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26241413 #SB320
Third, medication abortion is simple to provide. Family medicine doctors, nurse practitioners, midwives, physicians assistants—basically any clinician who’s been trained can offer medication abortion. nap.edu/resource/24950… #SB320
With some funding (which has already been raised) UC and CSU student health centers could safely provide medication on campus and better meet the needs of the ~500 students who currently seek the procedure off campus each month. contraceptionjournal.org/article/S0010-… #SB320
