Dr. Willie Parker's blog

Too often, I find myself telling patients with easily treatable conditions that I can’t help them -- they don’t have the money to get well and it rips me apart. That’s why I am an ardent advocate for health care reform.

A year ago today, on April 18, 2007, the Supreme Court upheld a federal ban on a specific abortion procedure. The law deliberately omitted an exception allowing doctors to act if a woman's health is in danger. Now, copycat legislation is being introduced in states across the country.