{"id":291373,"date":"2023-05-19T21:02:53","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T21:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nybreaking.com\/over-half-of-med-students-unlikely-to-apply-to-practice-in-state-with-restrictions\/"},"modified":"2023-05-19T21:02:53","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T21:02:53","slug":"over-half-of-med-students-unlikely-to-apply-to-practice-in-state-with-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/over-half-of-med-students-unlikely-to-apply-to-practice-in-state-with-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Over half of med students ‘unlikely’ to apply to practice in state with restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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States with abortion restrictions could bleed doctors and further restrict access to reproductive health care, a study suggests. <\/p>\n

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The findings showed that most medical students are unlikely to do their residency program in states with strict abortion limits. <\/p>\n

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The research, which will be presented this weekend at the annual meeting of the US Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, comes at a time when the US is already experiencing a shortage of OB\/GYN physicians. <\/p>\n

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This reluctance and lack of physicians in these states could further strain reproductive health care in the 33 states that lack abortion protection. <\/p>\n

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Findings from the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists show that more than half of incoming physicians are unlikely to practice in states with strict abortion bans<\/p>\n

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Data published this year from the American Association of Medical Colleges found a 10.5 percent decrease in OB\/GYN residency applications in states with near-total abortion bans<\/p>\n

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More than a dozen states have restricted access to abortions after the overthrow of Roe V Wade<\/p>\n

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The inquiry was held from August through October last year, just after the Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade, who granted abortion rights in the US for nearly 50 years. <\/p>\n

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Respondents included 494 medical students in 32 states. Most were women, and 76.9 percent said access to abortion care would influence their choice of where to stay. <\/p>\n

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The majority of respondents, 57.9 percent, said they were unlikely or very unlikely to sign up for a single residency program in a state with abortion restrictions. <\/p>\n

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More than 72 percent of respondents said access to abortion would affect where they start a family. <\/p>\n

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These findings come at a time when the U.S. is already facing a physician shortage for the next year. According to the American Association of Medical Colleges<\/a>the US can expect a shortage of 37,800 to 124,000 physicians by 2034. <\/p>\n

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Additionally Data for 2023<\/a> of the organization found a significant drop in the number of medical students attending OB\/GYN programs in states with strict abortion policies. <\/p>\n

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There was a 5.2 percent decrease in applications across all states, regardless of abortion laws. That rate fell to a drop of 10.5, almost double, in states with near-total bans.<\/p>\n

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Abortion is completely banned in the following states: Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Idaho. <\/p>\n

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Several other states have imposed restrictions, including Florida, Arizona, Utah, Ohio and Georgia. <\/p>\n

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Many of these states also have higher infant mortality rates than those where access to abortion is not as restricted. <\/p>\n

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The Center for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a> estimates that the national infant mortality rate in 2017 – according to the latest available data – was 5.8 per 1,000 live births. <\/p>\n

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In Missouri, where abortion is banned, the rate was 6.2 per 1,000 live births. Louisiana, which has similar restrictions, had a death rate of 7.1 per 1,000 live births.<\/p>\n

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However, the highest death rate in the country is in Mississippi, with 8.6 deaths per 1,000 births. The state closed its last abortion clinic in July 2022, right after the Roe v Wade decision. <\/p>\n

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States such as Missouri, Louisiana and Georgia also had higher rates of childbirth-related deaths than less restricted areas, according to United Health Foundation rankings. These states ranked 42nd, 47th, and 48th out of 50, respectively. <\/p>\n

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Over half of med students ‘unlikely’ to apply to practice in state with restrictions<\/a><\/p>\n

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