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Did you miss that established doctors are also leaving red states? Prosecute them for trying to follow the law, and that trend will accelerate. They and their colleagues can see what is happening.[/quote]

I think that this is why a nationwide abortion ban is likely to happen. Then, the doctors cannot leave their state, because every other state will be as bad for them. It will staunch the bleeding from the anti-abortion states.[/quote]

Other countries have made it much easier to get reciprocal licensing, especially with US Board certification. Sure, some won't want to pull up stakes and move to Canada, but Ontario has made it very easy, as have other provinces.

And there's always just stopping seeing patients and working for a drug company, or for an insurance company. There are a lot of options that don't come with threats of prosecutions. Work at the local Department of Public Health at an STI clinic -- we currently have the CDC sending "syphilis SWAT teams" to outbreaks, so there is dire need. Just stop doing deliveries altogether.

The average OB-Gyn salary is about $300,000 a year, and the average yearly amount they shell out in malpractice insurance is 10%, or $30,000. At what point does that ratio become completely unsustainable, despite what you are passionate about?

The ever-increasing OB-Gyn shortage: https://riskandinsurance.com/high-medical-malpractice-premiums-are-driving-ob-gyns-out-of-the-business-how-will-women-cope/[/quote]

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