The specialty of family medicine is recognized as having an important role in the
delivery of family planning services in the United States. Not only do many women
receive their contraceptive services from family physicians [
[1]
], but there is a growing recognition of the role family physicians can play in ensuring
that women have access to safe and timely abortion service [
2
,
3
]. Passage of the Affordable Care Act has drawn attention to this role, as increased
insurance coverage may result in many women accessing contraceptive care within primary
care services, as opposed to using dedicated family planning clinics.To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: April 25, 2012
Accepted:
December 1,
2011
Received:
November 15,
2011
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© 2012 Published by Elsevier Inc.
