I came across this story I found interesting from yesterday at Yahoo. It's titled:
A challenge for antiabortion states: Doctors reluctant to work there
This is a lengthy story, so I'll only post a bit of it & give the link:
''Doctors said they are grappling with the fallout from broadly worded legislation written by politicians without detailed medical knowledge. The environment creates a high degree of legal and professional risk for specialists, said David Turok, an associate professor of OB/GYN at the University of Utah who is also a board member of Physicians for Reproductive Health, which supports abortion rights.
"What we have is laws that are not representative of medical practice, that are not framed in ways that we think or speak as medical professionals," Turok said, "and that makes it confusing."
Officials in some states are working to clarify how abortion bans are going to be applied. The Louisiana Department of Health on Monday issued a list of 25 fetal conditions that can justify termination.
The legal uncertainty adds to the burdens on OB/GYNs. They must respond to deliver babies 24 hours a day, emergencies are emotionally stressful, and practitioners face some of the highest rates of malpractice lawsuits and accompanying insurance costs.
The federal government has said the United States needs 9,000 more OB/GYNs and that the shortage will reach 22,000 by 2050.
In Michigan, an old, pre-Roe abortion ban was renewed after the Supreme Court ruling. The looming ban has prompted Tim Johnson, a veteran of high-risk pregnancy care at Michigan Health, to consider moving out of the state. Although he is 73 and no longer provides elective abortions, he still treats patients and is not ready to retire. If Michigan's abortion ban sticks, he may move to Maryland to practice, he said.
"I always said if (Roe were overturned) quickly like this, it would be terribly disruptive," he said, "We are starting to understand how truly disruptive it is."
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/chal...162629136.html