Doctors Left Idaho After Abortion Ban, Study Confirms

Doctors left Idaho after abortion ban, study confirms

Idaho lost more than a third of its practicing obstetrician doctors after the state’s near-total abortion ban took effect, a new study published in a peer-reviewed academic journal confirms.

Doctors left Idaho after abortion ban, study confirms • Idaho Capital Sun

At a Planned Parenthood Great Northwest rally on April 21, 2024, Idahoans advocated for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that federal law protects access to abortion procedures in emergency situations, even in states like Idaho with strict abortion bans. (Otto Kitsinger for the Idaho Capital Sun)Idaho lost more than a third of its practicing obstetrician doctors after the state’s near-total abortion ban took effect, a new study published in a peer…

New study shows ‘rapidly declining maternal health workforce’ in Idaho

Last year, a startling report from a group of local physicians found a significant decline in the number of obstetricians practicing in Idaho since the state’s strict abortion ban took effect. Now the number of maternal health care providers appears to have fallen further. Idaho had a net loss of 35%, or 94, of its 268 practicing OB-GYNs between when the ban took effect in August 2022 and ...