RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Trauma of abortion restrictions and forced pregnancy: urgent implications for acute care surgeons JF Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open JO Trauma Surg Acute Care Open FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd SP e001067 DO 10.1136/tsaco-2022-001067 VO 8 IS 1 A1 Grace Keegan A1 Myles Francis A1 Kristen Chalmers A1 Mark Hoofnagle A1 Mary Noory A1 Rachael Essig A1 Lea Hoefer A1 Neha Bhardwaj A1 Elinore Kaufman A1 Marie L Crandall A1 Mohammad Zaidi A1 Valerie Koch A1 Hillary McLaren A1 Marion Henry A1 Chelsea Dorsey A1 Tanya Zakrison A1 Julie Chor YR 2023 UL http://tsaco.bmj.com/content/8/1/e001067.abstract AB In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health decision, acute care surgeons face an increased likelihood of seeing patients with complications from both self-managed abortions and forced pregnancy in underserved areas of reproductive and maternity care throughout the USA. Acute care surgeons have an ethical and legal duty to provide care to these patients, especially in obstetrics and gynecology deserts, which already exist in much of the country and are likely to be exacerbated by legislation banning abortion. Structural inequities lead to an over-representation of poor individuals and people of color among patients seeking abortion care, and it is imperative to make central the fact that people of color who can become pregnant will be disproportionately affected by this legislation in every respect. Acute care surgeons must take action to become aware of and trained to treat both the direct clinical complications and the extragestational consequences of reproductive injustice, while also using their collective voices to reaffirm the right to abortion as essential healthcare in the USA.