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Because of new restrictions on abortion, a generation of doctors will be ill-equipped to meet their patients' needs due to insufficient gynecological training, experts warn. And across the country, maternal-care deserts will likely expand, as graduating medical students and residents avoid abortion-restricted states.
Ob/gyn programs and residents in states where abortion is banned or restricted have sought out-of-state alternatives. Will the costs and obstacles to fulfilling residency standards limit such training?
Tennessee's restrictive abortion laws may lead to an increase in the state's shortage of OB-GYN doctors, leading to more maternal deaths.
As abortion bans sweep the nation, OB-GYN residents rotate to abortion-supportive states to meet their program requirements
ATU Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Lucy Brown, a medical student at Indiana University, wanted to stay in Indiana for her OB-GYN residency, but when Roe v. Wade was overturned last June, her priorities shifted. States with abortion bans in place fell to the bottom of Brown's list. "I really, really wanted to stay in the Midwest. I wanted to be close to my family, but it kind of conflicted with my No. 1 priority," Brown told ABC News. Brown will soon be moving to Baltimore for her residency -- leaving behind her family and close friends for a city where she doesn't know anyone. An a...