The experience of abortion stigma is different for providers than it is for women who
have had abortions. Abortion stigma is close at hand for providers (Harris, 2008). Their work
identity is connected to abortion, and exposure to stigmatizing behaviors may be continual. The
concentration of the abortion load on a relatively small number of providers suggests that
abortion and its associated stigma may be consistently integrated into the identities of abortion
clinic doctors and staff.