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ArticleTrauma surgery & acute care open2023

Trauma of abortion restrictions and forced pregnancy: urgent implications for acute care surgeons.

Grace Keegan, Myles Francis, Kristen Chalmers, Mark Hoofnagle, Mary Noory, Rachael Essig, Lea Hoefer, Neha Bhardwaj, Elinore Kaufman, Marie L Crandall and 7 more

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Article in Trauma surgery & acute care open, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Grace KeeganPritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago Biological Sciences Division, Chicago, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4928-2590
Myles FrancisCrown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Kristen ChalmersPritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago Biological Sciences Division, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Mark HoofnagleSurgery, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA.
Mary NoorySurgery, University of Chicago Biological Sciences Division, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Rachael EssigSurgery, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
Lea HoeferSurgery, University of Chicago Biological Sciences Division, Chicago, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9015-7009
Neha BhardwajObstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago Biological Sciences Division, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Elinore KaufmanTrauma and Surgical Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7550-0024
Marie L CrandallSurgery, University of Florida College of Medicine - Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6536-3123
Mohammad ZaidiSurgery, Duke Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Valerie KochPritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago Biological Sciences Division, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Hillary McLarenObstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago Biological Sciences Division, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Marion HenryPediatric Surgery, University of Chicago Biological Sciences Division, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Chelsea DorseySurgery, University of Chicago Biological Sciences Division, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Tanya ZakrisonSurgery, University of Chicago Biological Sciences Division, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Julie ChorObstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago Biological Sciences Division, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the aftermath of the Supreme Court's Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health decision, acute care surgeons face an increased likelihood of seeing patients with complications from both self-managed abortions and forced pregnancy in underserved areas of reproductive and maternity care throughout the USA. Acute care surgeons have an ethical and legal duty to provide care to these patients, especially in obstetrics and gynecology deserts, which already exist in much of the country and are likely to be exacerbated by legislation banning abortion. Structural inequities lead to an over-representation of poor individuals and people of color among patients seeking abortion care, and it is imperative to make central the fact that people of color who can become pregnant will be disproportionately affected by this legislation in every respect. Acute care surgeons must take action to become aware of and trained to treat both the direct clinical complications and the extragestational consequences of reproductive injustice, while also using their collective voices to reaffirm the right to abortion as essential healthcare in the USA.

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Healthcare disparitiesHealth Care Quality, Access, And Evaluationhealth policypregnancy

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PMID36744294
PMCPMC9896239

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