Increasingly, the public conversation about abortion has
focused on reducing the need for abortion as a way to find common ground. This is an important attempt to reorient a
debate [ ... ]
Training. Nursing. Rural access. State-level disparities.
Emerging issues. AAP releases its 2006-2007 Organizational Report, offering a
compelling look at innovative approaches to expanding abortion access. Hear from the people facing the ongoing
challenges and inciting new opportunities around enduring gaps in women's
access to abortion.
Forthcoming resource to guide advanced practice clinicians
Primary
care clinicians, including nurse-midwives, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants
(collectively referred to as advanced practice clinicians), are important providers
of women's healthcare. Advanced practice clinicians (APCs) can offer a range of
care to women, including early abortion services in some states. Recognizing
the key role many APCs play in enhancing women's health, AAP, along with
colleagues the National Abortion Federation and the USCF Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health,
is rolling out a toolkit for these health care professions in spring 2009.
The
goal of the toolkit is to understand abortion as a scope of practice issue. The
Toolkit is pro-professional and pro-choice: It acknowledges the political
nature of abortion while encouraging a focus on needs of patients and the
abilities of professionals to meet those needs rather than the political
issues. Written for clinicians, administrators, and advocates, the Toolkit is a
professional "how to" manual with background information, resources, and
guidelines for present and future APC abortion providers. It will guide APCs in the development of
necessary documentation to support the integration of early abortion care as an
essential part of their comprehensive reproductive health care practice. For
more information about the Toolkit, please contact Grayson Dempsey, Project
Director, Abortion Access Project, at
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