ACGME Doubles Down On Abortion Training Options For Residents

By Bridget Early / June 28, 2022 at 1:56 PM
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education has proposed updating its curriculum requirements to double down on requiring that programs train residents in uterine evacuation -- which is used for both miscarriage and abortion procedures, and which the accrediting body insists is an indispensable part of comprehensive reproductive health care training. Health care experts told Inside Health Policy prior to the fall of Roe v. Wade that restricting abortion care would have a devastating and multilayered impact on...


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