Far fewer medical school graduates are pursuing obstetrics-gynecology residencies as the battle over reproductive healthcare and abortion rages, making an existing shortage of specialists in the field worse. There was a 5.2% decrease in senior OB-GYN residency applicants this year, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. The drop in applicants more than doubled in 13 states with abortion bans. Half of all U.S. counties lack an OB-GYN and more than 2.2 million women of childbearing age live in maternity care deserts with no hospitals offering obstetric care, obstetric providers or birthing centers, according to the nonprofit maternal health organization March of Dimes.
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Source: https://www.modernhealthcare.com/safety-quality/aamc-association-of-american-colleges-ob-gyn-residency-applicants