Romanis & Parsons on Abortion & COVID-19
Elizabeth Chloe Romanis (University of Manchester) & Jordan Parsons (University of Bristol - Centre for Ethics in Medicine) have posted Legal and Policy Responses to the Delivery of Abortion Care during COVID‐19 (International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics 151.3 (December 2020): 479-486) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Access to abortion care has long been a global challenge, even in jurisdictions where abortion is legal. The COVID‐19 pandemic has exacerbated barriers to access, thereby preventing many women from terminating unwanted pregnancies for an extended period. In this paper, we outline existing and COVID‐specific barriers to abortion care and consider potential solutions, including the use of telemedicine, to overcome barriers to access during the pandemic and beyond. We explore the responses of governments throughout the world to the challenge of abortion access during the pandemic, which are an eclectic mix of prog