Why is abortion a component of comprehensive medical care?​
"Access to the full spectrum of maternal, sexual and reproductive health care options, including abortion, is important for people’s health, safety and wellbeing. Similar to birth control, prenatal check-ups, Pap smears and STI testing, abortion is one of many forms of care that doctors provide for people of reproductive age."
Why should opposing views on abortion not interfere with doctor-patient decisions?
"People should be able to access the health care they need without medically unnecessary barriers or restrictions, and doctors should be able to offer that care without interference or fear of being criminalized or otherwise punished. Physicians are trained to provide a complete range of evidence-based reproductive health care services, including abortion. Criminalizing doctors for doing their jobs also harms people who need access to this care...By stoking fear and confusion among clinicians, restrictive laws and bans also interfere with the ability of obstetrician-gynecologists to provide patients with other needed care related to pregnancy."​
Do restrictive  laws increase healthcare inequality and inequity?
Yes. Systemic inequities in the health care system and society target communities of color, especially Black communities, and people with lower incomes. As a result, they struggle to access comprehensive reproductive health care, including abortion. Inability to obtain an abortion has serious long-term consequences on people’s lives, health, and well-being. When access to reproductive health care is restricted, people with low incomes and those from communities already subject to structural barriers to care experience those effects most profoundly. Obstetrician–gynecologists must be able to offer care without restrictions that further widen the health care gap and inequities in health outcomes.
Do gestational age bans affect risks for patients?
Restrictions on abortion care, like gestational age limits, can increase the risks of damage to the patient's physical and/or mental health. In some cases, these restrictions make abortion inaccessible altogether. People should be able to access comprehensive reproductive health care without medically unnecessary regulations. Abortion is a safe medical intervention. Forcing people to continue their pregnancies by banning access to abortion exposes them to the risks associated with pregnancy and childbirth.