States with abortion bans see fewer resident applications | Health
States with abortion bans or restrictions are seeing fewer medical students who want to do a residency there, which could lead to fewer doctors coming there.
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States with abortion bans or restrictions are seeing fewer medical students who want to do a residency there, which could lead to fewer doctors coming there.
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In states that banned abortion, doctors are forced to wrestle with tough decisions about high-risk pregnancy care. “I don’t want to have a patient die and be responsible for it,” one Tennessee doctor said.
The S.C. Supreme Court’s decision to allow this most recent abortion ban to go into effect condemns South Carolinians to reproductive health care that is based in bias and ideology
Physicians say the unclear guidance is chilling medical practice and abortion providers seek a rehearing based on the “ambiguity."