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How the end of Roe is reshaping the medical workforce

01/07/2024

Doctors from across the U.S. come together at an action to protect abortion access outside the U.S. Capitol building on November 03, 2022. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Doctors for Abortion Action)

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It's been two years since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the right to an abortion, triggering a parade of restrictions and bans in conservative-led states. Today on the show, how the medical labor force is changing post-Roe and why graduating medical students, from OB-GYNs to pediatricians, are avoiding training in states with abortion bans.

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