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A couple of weeks ago, Student Life sent out a form for students to anonymously ask their sexual and reproductive health questions to a gynecologist. For this year’s Sex Issue, I wanted to give people a place to ask these questions, so I called my mom, obstetrician-gynecologist Dr. Jody Steinauer.
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.
A year after the Dobbs decision, the next generation of OB-GYN residents is struggling to find proper training.
Obstetrics and gynecology students studying in states where abortion is banned can no longer receive integrated abortion care training into their years of study.
The Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade is impacting health care well beyond abortion in states that have banned the practice