In a 2015 study published by the organization’s journal, Obstetrics and Gynecology, researchers found that of the estimated 16.1 million abortions performed in the United States from 1998 to 2010, 108 women died, for a mortality rate of 0.7 deaths per 100,000 procedures overall. that’s not the way, in my experience, the majority of the people I serve think or the way the majority of my friends or colleagues think.”Īccording to the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, abortion is a safe healthcare procedure with a low risk of mortality.
“Abortion is difficult and complex, just like every other part of medicine is, really like every other part of human life is,’’ she said. Precisely because medical decisions and the patients who make them are complex, Villavicencio said she still struggles sometimes with performing abortions. “By being pro-life,” she said, “I was not accepting people the way that they came. that I was not living out the values and morality that is kind of core to the Catholic faith: social justice, non-judgment, compassion and love. “I was taught that it was a black-and-white issue and that abortion was bad for women and children,” Villavicencio said. She now serves on the board of directors for a nonprofit abortion rights group called Catholics for Choice. Villavicencio said it took years of experience for her views to evolve - and her religious faith contributed to the change. “It’s interfering in the relationship you have with your doctor or nurse or midwife.” It’s putting a giant wedge between that,” she said.
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“My biggest concern and my biggest worry is this is putting a barrier between people who want to seek a healthcare professional for pregnancy and their provider. She said the leaked draft opinion of Justice Samuel Alito was “quite jarring to see.” Villavicencio now provides abortions, among other obstetric and gynecological services, through her medical practice. But after opposing abortion for most of her life, Villavicencio said, her experience in medical school at the University of Central Florida and as a practicing physician opened her eyes to the complexity of individual healthcare choices, ultimately changing her position on the procedure.