The reasons for this are highly complex but attributable, in part, to the coexistence of other harmful policies like limited Medicaid coverage and fewer maternity care providers. Multiple studies have demonstrated the correlation between abortion restrictions and higher maternal mortality rates, especially among women of color. Placed within this context, our data suggest that abortion-restricted states may face even more severe shortages post- Dobbs if physicians follow through on these geographic preferences. Many of the same states that now have abortion restrictions were previously predicted to be hard hit by future deficits. faced a physician workforce shortage - including a shortage of abortion clinicians - that was projected to impact states unevenly. In other words, many qualified candidates would no longer even consider working or training in more than half of U.S. The same holds true for states with early or complete bans on abortion or Plan B. In fact, more than three-quarters (76.4%) of respondents would not even apply to states with legal consequences for providing abortion care. In a survey of more than 2,000 current and future physicians on social media, we found that most (82.3%) would prefer to work or train in states with preserved abortion access.
Our recent study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine begins to answer this question.
New Findings on Post- Roe Practice Location Preferences Wade impact the geographical preferences and clinical practice decisions of current and future physicians? healthcare system - including consequences for the physician workforce. Such policy trends hold far-reaching implications for the U.S. Now, post- Roe, states are working to reinstate historical trigger bans and devise new laws and policies to restrict abortion at the state and national levels - including the current action to revoke the use of mifepristone (Mifeprex) for medication abortion. Jackson Women's Health decision formally ended nearly 50 years of Roe, state legislatures had been enacting record-high numbers of abortion restrictions. This devastating development came after years of accelerating threats to abortion rights and access.
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