Abortion work has changed in the decades since Roe v. Wade, and concerns over efficiency and cost reduction have resulted in increased specialization and compartmentalization of duties among health workers. This study examines the current state of surgical abortion at a clinic in southern California. Drawing on 18 months of ethnographic fieldwork at an abortion clinic, I use theories of dirty work and intimate work to examine how abortion work is organized and allocated among staff. I find that work in the clinic is best understood as existing on two intersecting spectrums of intimacy and dirtiness. Whereas existing research on abortion workers has primarily focused on doctors and nurses, this study includes medical assistants and compares experiences across different occupations. I conclude that frequency, intensity, and purpose of intimate work and dirty work coalesce to create distinct types of abortion workers.

自Roe v. Wade 案以来的几十年里，堕胎工作发生了变化，以及对效率和降低成本的担忧导致卫生工作者的职责更加专业化和划分。这项研究调查了南加州一家诊所的手术流产现状。根据在堕胎诊所 18 个月的民族志实地考察，我使用肮脏工作和亲密工作的理论来研究堕胎工作是如何在员工之间组织和分配的。我发现诊所的工作最好被理解为存在于亲密和肮脏的两个交叉范围内。现有对堕胎工人的研究主要集中在医生和护士身上，而这项研究包括医疗助理，并比较了不同职业的经历。我的结论是频率、强度、