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‘A crisis’: Medical students from abortion ban states turn to papayas to practice lifesaving procedures
Oct 08, 2024 | By Alexandra King in CNN
Recorded at MSFC's 2024 in-person Abortion Training Institute.
Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, abortion training at medical schools in more than a dozen states with near-total abortion bans has been severely limited. Now some medical students, many of whom attend prestigious schools, have chosen to travel out of state to attend workshops that teach them how to perform a manual vacuum aspiration. It’s a procedure used for patients seeking induced abortions, but also for those facing life threatening pregnancy complications. CNN was invited to a hotel conference room in Philadelphia to witness a training.
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