In a July 2022 op-ed, Susan Ostermann and I argued: “What physician will choose Indiana if the threat of prosecution looms over her for providing life-saving, emergency care that she took an oath to provide? This traumatizes physicians in addition to patients. With abortion restrictions in place, we will likely have fewer physicians and medical specialists, and health care costs will rise.”
We are now seeing the effects of criminalizing health care for women in Idaho. This American Life produced an incredibly good story on ob-gyns leaving the state and the impact on all pregnant and non pregnant people. It is a must listen: