Fewer medical students trained for abortion procedures

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : But the number of residency programs located in states where hospital employees are prohibited from performing or teaching about abortion -- or at Catholic-owned hospitals with similar bans -- has skyrocketed in recent years, an overlooked byproduct of anti-abortion legislation taking root in the American South, Midwest, and Mountain states.
49% : The anti-abortion movement knows it's important to abortion rights advocates to maintain the pipeline of providers, "and that's why they're focused on travel bans," said Pamela Merritt, executive director of Medical Students for Choice, which works with student volunteers across the country to advocate for abortion training.
47% : Chan co-founded the Medical Students for Choice chapter on her campus but said she often hesitates to discuss her practice goals with classmates, many of whom oppose abortion.
46% : In anticipation, University of Washington professors based in Seattle taught a class about contraception and abortion to students in Idaho via Zoom last fall.
44% :In Idaho, a proposed bill would bar state employees, including University of Idaho physicians, from teaching about abortion.
42% :The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule later this spring on whether to uphold a Mississippi statute that bans most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, a decision that could overturn or weaken federal protections for abortion.
41% : "We should not waste our spots on people not willing to provide abortion."
39% : ""The accrediting agencies are not going to change the standard of care just because the Supreme Court strikes down the constitutional right of abortion," Merritt said.
39% : If Roe v. Wade is overturned, 26 states are likely to ban abortion, and physicians say clinics in states that endorse abortion rights -- including California, Oregon, New York, and New Mexico -- will be overrun with patients, affording little time to train medical residents.
32% : "What if I match at a program in a state that is hostile to abortion and has a trigger law that would automatically ban abortion?"Since Texas passed a six-week abortion ban, Ghafir said, some students and teachers at her school have become more vocal about advocating for abortion education.

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