Politico September 6, 2024
Driving The Day
ABORTION TRAINING POST-DOBBS — Abortion access has all but disappeared in much of the country since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and so has training for doctors performing the procedure.
Many medical residents across the country working in states with bans are traveling to blue states for a crash course in abortion training — most of them OB-GYN residents who must have that experience but can’t get it at home, and others who have chosen to pursue it in addition to their required medical training.
There is considerable agreement among leading medical groups, including the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Association of American Medical Colleges, that the overturning of Roe has adversely...