{"id":13765,"date":"1996-04-20T20:57:00","date_gmt":"1996-04-21T03:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13765"},"modified":"2023-01-23T14:58:32","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T22:58:32","slug":"editorial-a-de-facto-end-to-abortion-in-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13765","title":{"rendered":"(Editorial) A de-facto end to abortion in USA?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Lancet<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/lancet-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Lancet\" class=\"wp-image-11053\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Lancet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Extract<\/strong><br>these Bills (one in the House of Representatives and a less wild version in the Senate) are unnecessary and deceptive. . . .The Bills would allow residents and programmes to abstain from abortions on any grounds, not just religious or moral. . . .So what is their objective? It is the <em>de facto<\/em> ending of abortion in the USA. By allowing more residents and more programmes to opt out of abortion training, safe termination of pregnancy in America will become even more difficult to obtain. Already, the number of competently trained graduates has fallen dramatically. Access to doctors and clinics has shrunk, and too many American women wanting an abortion already face a long and sometimes dangerous search for help. This is an attack on women\u2019s choices and an interference in medical education. If it passes Congress, President Clinton should veto it immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lancet. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0140673696902688\">(Editorial) A de-facto end to abortion in USA? <\/a>The Lancet. 1996;347(9008):1055.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lancet Extractthese Bills (one in the House of Representatives and a less wild version in the Senate) are unnecessary and deceptive. . . .The Bills would allow residents and programmes to abstain from abortions on any grounds, not just religious or moral. . . .So what is their objective? It is the de facto &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13765\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;(Editorial) A de-facto end to abortion in USA?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,893,554,881,559],"tags":[1363],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-13765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-education","category-ethics","category-journals-editorials","category-law","tag-the-lancet"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>(Editorial) A de-facto end to abortion in USA? - Protection of Conscience Project Library<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"These Bills are unnecessary and deceptive. 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