Most ob/gyns worry the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision has had significant negative effects on reproductive and maternity health in the US, and many say they have experienced direct constraints on their ability to provide care, according to a new survey.
Between March and May, KFF surveyed hundreds of practicing ob/gyns nationwide about their experiences since last year’s ruling that revoked the federal right to an abortion. More than two-thirds of ob/gyns nationwide say that the ruling has worsened their ability to respond to pregnancy-related emergencies and exacerbated pregnancy-related mortality, as well as racial and ethnic inequalities in maternal health in the United States.
Changes to abortion care Amid the fractured abortion landscape in the US, many clinics have shuttered in states that have banned abortion, and the average travel time to the closest clinic has increased. But two new reports show how remaining clinics are filling some of that gap.
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