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How the end of Roe is reshaping the medical workforce

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How the end of Roe is reshaping the medical workforce

July 1, 2024 • 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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More people are opting to get sterilized — and some are being turned away

Dani Marietti's "sterilization shower" in Helena, Montana, features cookies with abortion-rights slogans, such as "My Body, My Choice," written on them in frosting. Ellis Juhlin/Yellowstone Public Radio hide caption

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More people are opting to get sterilized — and some are being turned away

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July 29, 2022 • Doctors say more of their patients are seeking permanent sterilization procedures, but some patients are reporting that doctors are unwilling to operate on people of childbearing age.

More people are opting to get sterilized — and some are being turned away

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