OBGYNs on the difficult decision to leave abortion ban states
www.salon.com
“It pushed me to the point that I decided to move my family,” one said
  • pohart@lemmyrs.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’d like to see some stats on this. I know that many areas are very already short of OBs and a single doctor leaving will leave peoplev without a doctor, but I’d like to know how many women will be without appropriate non-abortion care because of this.

    • NotThatKindofDoctor@reddthat.comEnglish
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      1 year ago

      There are some interesting stats in here (not exactly what you’re looking for but it’s just more of the story):

      https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/05/23/1177542605/abortion-bans-drive-off-doctors-and-put-other-health-care-at-risk

      Here are some stats I thought were interesting:

      • An early indication of that impending medical “brain drain” came in February, when 76% of respondents in a survey of more than 2,000 current and future physicians say they would not even apply to work or train in states with abortion restrictions.
      • While applications for OB-GYN residencies are down nationwide, the decrease in states with complete abortion bans was more than twice as large as those with no restrictions (10.5% vs. 5.2%).
      • pohart@lemmyrs.orgEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Yuck. And that 76% isn’t even OB-GYN specific. I was looking for something about the scope of the impending problems for women’s and prenatal care, but this gives a clear indication that it could be huge for men’s and pediatric health in a way i hadn’t even considered.