Family Physicians’ Role in Simplifying Medication Abortion During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine: JABFM

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Payal Patel¹  Sumathi Narayana¹  Zoey Thill¹  Marji Gold¹  Allison Paul¹ 

[1] From the Department of Family and Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center;and RHEDI-Mainstreaming Abortion in Family Medicine

关键词: Abortion Applicants;    COVID-19;    Family Physicians;    Induced Abortion;    Pandemics;    Pregnancy;    First Trimester;    Telemedicine;   

DOI  :  10.3122/jabfm.2021.S1.200208

学科分类：过敏症与临床免疫学

来源: The American Board of Family Medicine

【 摘 要 】

Despite first trimester abortion being common and safe, there are numerousrestrictions that lead to barriers to seeking abortion care. The COVID-19 pandemic hasonly exacerbated these barriers, as many state legislators push to limit abortion accesseven further. During this pandemic, family physicians across the country haveincorporated telemedicine into their practices to continue to meet patient needs.Medication abortion can be offered to patients by telemedicine in most states, andmultiple studies have shown that labs, imaging, and physical exam may not beessential in all cases. Family physicians are well-poised to incorporate medicationabortion into their practices using approaches that limit the spread of the coronavirus,ultimately increasing access to abortion in these unprecedented times.

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