Abortion and Family Planning

Judy steinaur is a professor at u c s f and director of the kenneth j ryan residency training program in abortion and family planning. No medical students, ad nursing students have to be able to counsel people about their options for pregnancy. National and international ob g n accreditation organizations require that providers know how to empty a uterus. And even if an individual doctor objects to abortion, they need to be can do one in an emergency to save the patient's life if no one else is available to do it.