Across Idaho, doctors are leaving, looking for states where politics don\u2019t dictate how they practice medicine. The consequences of Idaho\u2019s anti-choice laws hit Sandpoint fast and hard, hollowing out medical care for women within months. For years, the town had a maternity ward that delivered as many as 350 babies every year \u2013 now it has nothing. The OB-GYN ward shut down this spring and doctors have been fleeing the state in a steady stream, seeking shelter in places where their work doesn\u2019t put them at risk of criminal charges or big lawsuits.<\/p>\n
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