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Doctors on an Abortion Ban: Unnecessary Health Risks, Stress on Safety Nets


 May 10, 2022

DURHAM, N.C. -- An abortion ban would create a broad swath of unnecessary health risks for women while also creating risk and reluctance for doctors who care for them, three Duke doctors said Tuesday.

In overturning Roe vs. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court would put myriad new obstacles in the path of pregnant women while adding significant stress to the nation’s already-burdened social safety net, experts said during a virtual media briefing for journalists. (Watch the briefing on YouTube.)

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