Doctors Don’t Want to Perform Abortions

An ultrasound machine sits next to an exam table in an examination room at an abortion provider in South Bend, Ind., on June 19, 2019. Scott Olson/Getty Images

Commentary

For nearly half a century—ever since the Supreme Court decided there was a federal constitutional right to get an abortion in Roe v. Wade in 1973—abortion activists have been trying to figure out how to get more physicians to actually perform the procedure. It’s been a tough battle.