The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision cannot take obstetricians and gynecologists back to 1972, because abortion practice, training, and research have made 50 years of progress. During this past half century, safe and effective medication and surgical abortion have helped millions of patients, thousands of obstetrician–gynecologists have been trained in more than 100 programs, and thousands of clinical, epidemiologic, and sociologic studies have demonstrated the importance of abortion to personal and public health. Obstetrician–gynecologists must support one another in amending or defying laws that subvert the principles of medical practice, training, and evidence.

美国最高法院最近的裁决不能让妇产科医生回到 1972 年，因为堕胎实践、培训和研究已经取得了 50 年的进展。在过去的半个世纪里，安全有效的药物和手术流产帮助了数百万患者，数千名妇产科医生接受了 100 多个项目的培训，数千项临床、流行病学和社会学研究证明了流产对个人和公共健康。妇产科医生必须相互支持，以修改或违反颠覆医疗实践、培训和证据原则的法律。