Picture this: A woman has an episode of chest pain. Another has numbness in her right arm and leg. A third woman finds a lump in her breast. And another has an unexpected positive pregnancy test.
Each of these women likely has questions: Am I having a heart attack? Am I having a stroke? Do I have breast cancer? Should I deliver my baby or have an abortion?
Each of these women deserves to be empowered with information. And in today’s health-care system, the first three patients are unanimously told “go see your doctor.” Yet, the one with the unplanned pregnancy is frequently told to do just the opposite. Instead, minimal federal requirements encourage her to seek a self-managed chemical abortion and obtain drugs online, by mail, or by other means that remove her from the doctor-patient relationship.
But expecting mothers deserve attentive medical care too.
I’ve helped women deliver thousands of babies in my 25 years as a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist. In my current role as the medical director at a medical clinic in Wilson, North Carolina, I care for women of all backgrounds facing unplanned pregnancies. My goal with each patient is to support and empower mothers and their families with compassionate and professional medical care.
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