States with abortion bans could drive away young doctors, especially OB-GYNs, survey finds

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States with abortion bans could drive away young doctors, especially OB-GYNs, survey finds
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A majority of surveyed medical students said they would likely not apply for residency in states with strict abortion laws — for both their patients and themselves.

data found a significant drop in the number of med students pursuing OB/GYN residencies in states with strong abortion policies.

Beyond worries about having enough residents in hospitals, Gray said that her medical school program may be forced to send their medical students to other states for adequate OB-GYN training that includes abortion care. Ian Peake is trading Oklahoma, which has a strict abortion law, for New York as he begins his career as an OB/GYN.Dobbs was the deciding factor in choosing to practice medicine somewhere other than Oklahoma, which last year enacted the strictest abortion ban in the country.

The vast majority of procedures done in the second or third term"are medical emergencies, where either the fetus is no longer viable, and it is dangerous for the pregnant patient to continue carrying the pregnancy, or the pregnant patient is medically unstable, and it is dangerous to their long-term health or to their life," Mermin-Bunnell said."This happens terrifyingly often.

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