In the 11 months since the bans have been in place, Idaho has seen OB-GYNs, nurses, midwives and other staff speak out about these challenges. They’ve made difficult decisions to leave for states where they felt they could practice without the threat of criminal penalties. Multiple hospitals in Idaho have closed maternity units in part due to staffing issues, with one explicitly citing the political climate. Democratic state legislators have wondered aloud whether they can continue raising children in the state. And, in arguably the most dramatic change, five of the state’s nine full-time maternal-fetal medicine specialists have left or will leave their jobs by the end of this year, according to doctors at St Luke’s medical center, where Seyb works.
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