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Abortion Bans Are Limiting What Some Doctors and Med Students Are Taught
Jul 10, 2022 | By Ella Ceron in Bloomberg
Featuring MSFC Founder, Jody Steinauer, MD, PhD; and MSFC Executive Director, Pamela Merritt.
Abortion care is one of the most common medical procedures in the US, yet even before the fall of Roe v. Wade, doctors and students had to navigate tricky legal and educational hurdles to train as abortion providers. With last month’s Supreme Court decision freeing states to ban abortions, those barriers are growing.
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