A hospital in northern Idaho is ending labor and delivery services, citing staffing issues and the state’s “legal and political climate.'
Jackson Quintano, who has lived in Sandpoint for 11 years, says that the OBGYN who delivered her daughter, Dr.As some OBGYNs leave the state, some future doctors are also reconsidering their employment options.
"Things can change, and hopefully they do," she adds."I can't even imagine what the current OBGYNs are feeling." While she says she's"happy that light is being shed nationally" on the impact of the state's abortion bans, she says she believes the decision to shutter the labor and delivery ward is due to"money and the greed of our health care and hospital system in this country."
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