{"id":3694,"date":"2025-11-09T14:29:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T22:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/?p=3694"},"modified":"2025-11-09T14:29:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T22:29:15","slug":"iowa-doesnt-have-enough-ob-gyns-is-the-states-abortion-ban-part-of-the-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/2025\/11\/09\/iowa-doesnt-have-enough-ob-gyns-is-the-states-abortion-ban-part-of-the-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa doesn&#8217;t have enough OB-GYNs. Is the state&#8217;s abortion ban part of the problem?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recent data on residency applications show that state abortion bans may be influencing the next generation of doctors.<\/p>\n<p>Fewer medical students <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2024\/05\/09\/1250057657\/medical-residents-starting-avoid-states-abortion-bans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">are applying<\/a> to OB-GYN residency programs in states that restrict or ban abortion, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aamc.org\/about-us\/mission-areas\/health-care\/post-dobbs-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a data analysis<\/a> from the Association of American Medical Colleges.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/shots-health-news\/2025\/11\/05\/nx-s1-5558169\/iowa-obgyns-abortion-ban-maternity-care-desert-maternal-mortality-obstetrics\">National Public Radio, Inc.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent data on residency applications show that state abortion bans may be influencing the next generation of doctors. Fewer medical students are applying to OB-GYN residency programs in states that restrict or ban abortion, according to a data analysis from the Association of American Medical Colleges. Read more at National Public Radio, Inc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[210,384,7],"class_list":["post-3694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-iowa","tag-ob-gyn-shortage","tag-red-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3694"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3695,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3694\/revisions\/3695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}