One positive effect on advanced practice nurses if this bill were to pass is the increased opportunities for nurse practitioners to participate in women’s health care. One of S. 674’s goals is to provide more education for healthcare providers which would allow them to increase their level of knowledge and also to fully participate in women’s health services. Kisehn & Stedman state in their article (2010), “In countries such as the United States, Canada and the UK, the lack of availability of physicians trained and prepared to provide abortions is driving the increasing involvement of nurses, midwives and physician-assistants in abortion provision” (pp. 573). A negative effect on nurse practitioners if the bill were to pass is the legality
