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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]What doctor would risk running afoul of the law, losing their license, facing jail time? [/b] I don't blame the doctors for being super conservative about what constitutes a "medical emergency".

That's what these draconian laws have caused.

Again, no one thinks they need an abortion until they do. Good luck to those pregnant women in those states. Your now risky pregnancy, which is always a risk, is now even riskier for your health.  I would make sure you get your affairs in order when you get pregnant.[/quote]

If you're going to be threatened with jail time either way, AND you aren't left alone to do your job as you were trained, why stay in that state?

There are plenty of blue states ready to welcome you. Those blue states need more doctors to treat the patients crossing the border anyway. You could end up being exactly the same patients, just without threats of lawsuit coming from all directions.[/quote]
Maybe they like the no taxes; maybe they have family. Who knows?  But, either way, they aren't going to provide the medical care that pregnant women need.

But, new doctors, residents, are less likely to go to red states with those laws than the blue states, that's for sure.  So, long term, yea, there will be an even more acute doctor shortage who can help pregnant women in emergencies.

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According to new statistics from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), for the second year in a row, students graduating from U.S. medical schools this year were less likely to apply for residency positions in states with abortion bans and other significant abortion restrictions.

The new analysis by the AAMC — exclusively reviewed by KFF Health News before its public release — found that the number of applicants to residency programs in states with near-total abortion bans declined by 4.2% between 2024 and 2023, compared with a 0.6% drop in states where abortion remains legal.[/quote]

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/05/09/1250057657/medical-residents-starting-avoid-states-abortion-bans

Good luck to pregnant women in those backward states.[/quote]

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