Cancer Treatments in Limbo Due to Abortion Bans

The cancer care for many US patients is in peril due to the legal consequences of the wave of abortion bans following the repeal of Roe v. Wade. States like Georgia have adopted laws that have legal ambiguity in definitions of medically-necessary abortion. As a result some patients will likely be denied care or have it delayed due to fears of legal repercussions.

According to Dr. Edjah Nduom of the Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University, “Is that a medical emergency that necessitates the abortion? I don’t know “Then you end up in a situation where you have an overzealous prosecutor who is saying, ‘Hey, this patient had a medical abortion; why did you need to do that?”

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(Source: Becker’s Hospital Review, September 16^th, 2022)