LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT

There are a vast number of topics with both legal and ethical implications faced by healthcare professionals every day in the healthcare setting. One of those topics include Roe v. Wade and its impact on the practice of obstetrics and gynecology over time. Abortion brings a great deal of tension within policy debates. In certain countries elections have been completely lost when it comes to this issue. Many deem terminating a pregnancy unethical. Regardless of how many feel, including myself, times have changed significantly making abortion accepted in society. The overall health and well-being of the mother is of the highest concern. Abortion ranks high in being one of the most controversial issues as individuals turn to the law as they try to determine the best solution for an unwanted pregnancy (Lang, 2013).

Before the 1973 decision of Roe v. Wade, abortion information in the United States was limited. In 1955, specialists projected, based on qualitative notions, that over a million illegal abortions occurred illegally each year. Although the large variety, such an approximation stayed a consistent marker for that