Supreme Court’s abortion decision puts doctors in legal limbo : Shots
Dr. Kara Beasley protests the overturning of Roe vs. Wade by the US Supreme Court, in Denver, Colorado on June 24, 2022. JASON CONNOLLY/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption JASON CONNOLLY/AFP via Getty Images Dr. Kara Beasley protests the overturning of Roe vs. Wade by the US Supreme Court, in Denver, Colorado on June 24, 2022. JASON CONNOLLY/AFP via Getty Images Historically, doctors have played a big role in abortion's legality. Back in the 1860s, physicians with the newly-formed American Medical Association worked to outlaw abortion in the US A century later, they were doing the opposite. In the 1950s and 1960s, when states were liberalizing abortion laws, "the charge for that actually came from doctors who said, 'This is insane, we can't practice medicine, we can't exercise…