Boston Medical Center (BMC) is a private, not for profit, 547-licensed bed academic medical center located in Boston 's historic South End. The hospital is the primary teaching affiliate for Boston University School of Medicine. BMC was created 10 years ago by the merger of Boston City Hospital , a famous charity hospital with a long history of community service and of training physicians, and Boston University Medical Center , a private teaching hospital. Boston Medical Center , with its mission to provide consistently accessible health services to all, is the largest safety net hospital in New England . With an emphasis on community-based care and a network of affiliated community health centers, Boston Medical Center provides a full spectrum of health care services, from primary to advanced specialty care.

Consistent with the mission of community service, Boston Medical Center has provided abortion services since legalization. All services are provided at Boston Medical Center . First and second trimester surgical services are performed in the Gynecologic Procedure Unit which is part of the out-patient clinic, Early medical abortions are performed in the family planning clinic .Labor induction abortions are performed on the in-patient gynecology service.

The medical center is actively expanding, with both new buildings and renovations of historic buildings. The building housing clinical and research oncology services and an ambulatory operative suite was recently completed and is contiguous with the hospital. Other building includes administrative space and space for biomedical research.

The medical campus includes the hospitals, the medical school, biomedical research, and the School of Public Health which allows almost all activities to take place within a several block radius