title: It is time to integrate abortion into primary care.
abstract: The Roe v Wade decision made safe abortion available but did not change the reality that more than 1 million women face an unwanted pregnancy every year. Forty years after Roe v Wade, the procedure is not accessible to many US women.  The politics of abortion have led to a plethora of laws that create enormous barriers to abortion access, particularly for young, rural, and low-income women. Family medicine physicians and advanced practice clinicians are qualified to provide abortion care.  To realize the promise of Roe v Wade, first-trimester abortion must be integrated into primary care and public health professionals and advocates must work to remove barriers to the provision of abortion within primary care settings.
authors.affiliation: Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA. susan@susanyanow.com
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yanow
mesh_terms: D000029:Abortion, Legal / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D011057:Politics; D011247:Pregnancy; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D011275:Pregnancy, Unwanted; D011320:Primary Health Care