Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 16, Issue 31, Supplement , Pages 99-107 , May 2008

Implications of the Federal Abortion Ban for Women's Health in the United States

  • Tracy A Weitz

      Affiliations

    • Director, Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health, Bixby Center for Reproductive Health Research & Policy, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco CA, USA
  • ,
  • Susan Yanow

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Health Consultant, Cambridge MA, USA

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Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 16, Issue 31, Supplement , Pages 99-107 , May 2008