Twelve states issued executive orders suspending abortion care in response to COVID-19.¹ State officials claim that they will preserve medical supplies, hospital space, and healthcare capacity by classifying abortion as an elective, nonessential surgery that can be delayed. Advocacy groups representing abortion providers sued in several states to enjoin these bans.² What emerged was is a fight that ignores medical evidence and threatened to exacerbate the current public health emergency.

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堕胎机会主义

十二个州发布了行政命令，以响应COVID-19暂停堕胎护理。¹州官员声称，他们将堕胎归类为可以延迟的选择性非必要性手术，从而保留了医疗用品，医院空间和医疗保健能力。代表堕胎提供者的倡导团体在几个州提起诉讼，禁止这些禁令。²发生的是一场无视医学证据的战斗，并有可能加剧当前的公共卫生突发事件。