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The importance of abortion training for obstetrician-gynecologists: A comparison of the United States, Sweden, and Ghana.
Obern, Cerisa; Morhe, Emmanuel; Gemzell-Danielsson, Kristina; Steinauer, Jody.
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  • Obern C; Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
  • Morhe E; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana.
  • Gemzell-Danielsson K; Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institute and Karolinska University, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Steinauer J; Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
Int J Gynaecol Obstet ; 2024 Jun 16.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38881231
ABSTRACT
Since 2020, World Health Organization guidelines state that universal access to abortion care is critical for individual and community health, and for the realization of human rights. Yet the right to access safe abortion care is severely restricted in many countries. This article outlines institutional and educational systems in the USA, Sweden, and Ghana, which all require obstetrics and gynecology (ob-gyn) training to include abortion care but vary in implementation. It argues that regardless of the political environment, the specialty should protect abortion training worldwide. In Sweden and Ghana, ob-gyn residents are required to participate in abortion training, while in the USA they are permitted to opt out. In Sweden, practicing ob-gyn specialists are required to provide abortion care, whereas in Ghana and the USA, this care is optional, leading to geographic disparities in abortion care access in these two countries. In the USA, the Supreme Court's Dobbs ruling jeopardizes programs' abilities to meet the training mandate, a requirement that was insufficiently implemented even before the ruling. It is critical that all clinicians are well-equipped to provide accurate information to their patients and provide pre- and post-abortion care. For this reason, we recommend that abortion is included in all undergraduate medical education programs in accordance with the recommendations of FIGO (the International Federation of Gynecology & Obstetrics). To meet WHO guidelines that require ob-gyn specialists to provide abortion care in an emergency, we urge FIGO to create a guideline about expectations for abortion training integration in obstetrics and gynecology.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Int J Gynaecol Obstet Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Suecia Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Int J Gynaecol Obstet Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Suecia Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos