Centering the marginalized - a review of gestational duration bans and their implications

This webinar discusses the later abortion care landscape, viability and other gestational duration bans, and how failing to center the most marginalized people in abortion care is directly related to criminalization of pregnancy and fetal personhood.

Accreditation

Physicians: The Society of Family Planning is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Society of Family Planning designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nurses: For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME.
Physician Assistants: Physician Assistants may claim a maximum of 1.0 Category 1 credits for completing this activity. The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society.
Other Healthcare Professionals: All non-physician healthcare professionals who complete this accredited activity will receive a certificate documenting completion of the course and associated credit. Many societies and credentialing bodies accept accredited CME activities as long as the topic is relevant to the applicant’s field or discipline.
If you have doubts whether an activity will qualify for CE, contact us at CME@SocietyFP.org or check with your accrediting body before taking this course.

Learning objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Define later abortion and understand the general landscape of later abortion in the United States.

2. Describe federal and state policies, enacted and proposed, that utilize viability or gestation duration bans.

3. Discuss how gestational duration and viability bans are directly related to criminalization of pregnancy and fetal personhood.

Course information

Instructions for claiming CE credit

To earn continuing education credit and a certificate for completing this course, you must complete the post-webinar evaluation.

Release and expiration dates

CME activity released: November 13, 2025
CME activity expires: November 13, 2028

Acknowledgement of commercial support

No commercial support was received in the production of this activity.

Disclosure summary

The Society of Family Planning asks all individuals involved in the development and presentation of Accredited Continuing Education activities to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies. This information is disclosed to activity participants prior to the start of the educational activity. The Society has procedures to mitigate all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. In addition, faculty members are asked to disclose when any unapproved use of pharmaceuticals and devices is being discussed.

Name	Disclosure(s)
Jenni Villavicencio, MD, MPP	Jenni was an advisor to Organon.
Colleen McNicholas, DO, MSCI	Colleen has no financial relationships to disclose.
Vanessa Wellbery	Vanessa has no financial relationships to disclose.
Robin Watkins, CNM, WHNP-BC	Robin Watkins is the lead on a service agreement with Organon.

Summary

Availability:

On-Demand

Cost:

Member: $0.00
Non-Member: $25.00

Credit Offered:

1 CME Credit