• Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. · Sep 1982

    Abortion and informed consent requirements.

    • M B Kapp.
    • Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 1982 Sep 1; 144 (1): 1-4.

    AbstractSupreme Court decisions have liberalized a woman's right to decide whether to obtain an abortion. Some state and local governments have tried to circumvent these decisions by enacting requirements designed to discourage abortions by, among other things, dictating to physicians an elaborate litany of specific information that must be communicated to a patient as a necessary precondition of her informed consent for an abortion. This article discusses the legal status of such requirements, their implications for the professional autonomy of physicians, and the role of the medical profession in challenging these restrictions, on its own behalf and in concert with its patients.

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