Title
Abortion, Limited Medical Resources, and the Meaning of Health Care
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
April 1984
Volume
32
Issue
5
Abstract
A perennial claim by conservatives in the abortion debate is that abortion - and, for that matter, contraception - does not really count as health care. Such a view is sometimes heard, for example, in legislative battles over cutting the cost of medical services to the poor; family planning, it is sometimes claimed, can be cut because it is not really part of (essential) health care services in the first place. While it may be a service, it has no priority in the "rea" health care services of preventing and treating serious disease and injury.
Recommended Citation
Anderson, Kenneth and Anderson, Richard, "Abortion, Limited Medical Resources, and the Meaning of Health Care" (1984). Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals. 1885.
https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/facsch_lawrev/1885