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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![](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_lossy,ret_img,w_620,h_377/https://msfc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/FtrdImage-News-05092024.jpg)
This article was originally published in NPR on May 9, 2024. You can access the original article here: www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/05/09/1250057657/medical-residents-starting-avoid-states-abortion-bans
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…