News Idaho’s OB-GYN exodus throws women in rural towns into a care void
News Idaho’s OB-GYN exodus throws women in rural towns into a care void
https://idahocapitalsun.com/2024/06/25/idahos-ob-gyn-exodus-throws-women-in-rural-towns-into-a-care-void/
Quote:Getting care for more serious gynecological issues, like a hysteroscopy, endometriosis, or polycystic ovary syndrome, has become much more difficult in Sandpoint, a town of about 10,000 people in Idaho’s panhandle region. A state law criminalizing abortions drove multiple OB-GYNs to leave town about a year ago.
The effects have been far-reaching. The OB-GYNs who left Sandpoint were also providing care to patients in nearby outlying areas, like Bonners Ferry, a roughly 40-minute drive into Idaho’s northernmost county. Doctors have spoken out about not feeling safe practicing medicine where they could face criminal charges for providing care to their patients. Republican lawmakers in Idaho contend doctors are being used in an effort to roll back the ban, and they declined to amend the law this year.
Idaho Capital Sun, June 25 2024.
https://idahocapitalsun.com/2024/06/25/idahos-ob-gyn-exodus-throws-women-in-rural-towns-into-a-care-void/
Quote:Getting care for more serious gynecological issues, like a hysteroscopy, endometriosis, or polycystic ovary syndrome, has become much more difficult in Sandpoint, a town of about 10,000 people in Idaho’s panhandle region. A state law criminalizing abortions drove multiple OB-GYNs to leave town about a year ago.
The effects have been far-reaching. The OB-GYNs who left Sandpoint were also providing care to patients in nearby outlying areas, like Bonners Ferry, a roughly 40-minute drive into Idaho’s northernmost county. Doctors have spoken out about not feeling safe practicing medicine where they could face criminal charges for providing care to their patients. Republican lawmakers in Idaho contend doctors are being used in an effort to roll back the ban, and they declined to amend the law this year.
sapphicscientist
Jun 26 2024, 11:18 PM #2With every incident like this it becomes more obvious that these laws are about harming women, not saving babies. I've read articles about women being forced to miscarry in hospital waiting rooms because no doctor will touch her in fear of catching charges, women being charged with manslaughter or abuse of a corpse for miscarrying in their own homes... it's the most blatant legal attack on women we've seen in the US for decades, and not enough people are angry about it.
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