What does “informed consent” from a patient mean to an abortion provider? The following passage comes from the chapter on “Informed consent, patient education and counseling” which appears in a recent edition of the leading textbook on abortion care in the United States, Management of Unintended and Abnormal Pregnancy: Comprehensive Abortion Care: Informed consent is […]
Author: Carole Joffe
Carole Joffe is a professor at Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) and a professor of sociology emerita at the University of California, Davis. Her latest book is After Dobbs: How the Supreme Court Ended Roe But Not Abortion.