Prognosis
Abortion Bans Will Impact Doctors’ Treatment of Cancer, Miscarriage
- State abortion bans may create obstacles for miscarriage care
- Some cancer therapies can’t be delivered during pregnancy
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The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will have a wide-ranging impact on the treatment of numerous medical conditions and diseases, including care for cancers that occur during pregnancy as well as miscarriages.
Restrictive abortion laws will likely make it more difficult for women to get appropriate miscarriage treatments, doctors say, because the procedures used to treat it can be exactly the same as those used to terminate an otherwise viable pregnancy.