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ANTI-CHOICE LAWS

Refusal to Provide Medical Services
Restrictions on Low-Income Women's Access to Abortion
Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers (TRAP)

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Emergency Contraception
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Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers (TRAP)

Restrictions on Who May Perform Abortions

The District of Columbia prohibits certain qualified health care professionals from performing abortions.

A nurse-midwife may not perform a surgical abortion. D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 17, §5808.5.

The number of abortion providers in the District of Columbia fell by 17 percent from 1996 to 2000

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Source: Guttmacher Institute

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