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Medical residents are starting to avoid states with abortion bans, data shows
May 09, 2024 | By Julie Rovner and Rachana Pradhan in NPR
Featuring MSFC's Chapter Leaders, Isabella Rosario Blum and Hannah Light-Olson.
Isabella Rosario Blum was wrapping up medical school and considering residency programs to become a family practice physician when she got some frank advice: If she wanted to be trained to provide abortions, she shouldn’t stay in Arizona.
Blum turned to programs mostly in states where abortion access — and, by extension, abortion training — is likely to remain protected, like California, Colorado and New Mexico. Arizona has enacted a law banning most abortions after 15 weeks…
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Reproductive justice advocates warn of health care crisis in Louisiana following Planned Parenthood shutdown
Planned Parenthood’s health centers in New Orleans and Baton Rouge will shut down indefinitely at the end of this month, leaving residents throughout the state worried about how the closures …