“Why are we making people choose between their own lives and continuing a pregnancy in a forced birth situation?”
It’s the reality for many patients and doctors in red states across the country. Abortion bans have resulted in a mass exodus of obstetricians that’s left thousands of pregnant people without access to care. In Idaho, 22% of practicing obstetricians have left the state since its abortion ban took effect, according to a report by the Iowa Coalition for Safe Health Care. Months after Texas imposed its six-week abortion ban, applications to Texas-based OGBYN residencies dropped by 10.4%.
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