‘I can’t practice like this.’ Another OBGYN leaves Idaho over state’s strict abortion laws

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1. FTA: Idaho has lost 22% of its OBGYNs since the Supreme Court overturned Roe.

2. Sucks for the women of Idaho but I can’t say I blame the docs. It’s untenable for them.

3. Idaho citizens will blame Democrats.

4. Because of Idaho’s abusive right-wing laws, women who need emergency healthcare now have to be *airlifted* to other states. It’s horrific what republicans are doing to the women and girls in this state.

   My friends in Idaho, it doesn’t have to be this way. Vote blue

   https://idahodems.org/

5. Uh, OK. Come to Colorado, you’ll probably be able to keep many of the same patients from Idaho.

6. Pretty soon the only reproductive healthcare available to the women of these Red States will be what the brave doctors in Blue States are willing to mail to them.

7. Don’t run.

   VOTE

8. Its likely going to get worse now Republicans are hinting at going after contraception i understand why OBGYNs are leaving.

9. I guess we just need to wait for enough wives, daughters and mistresses of ID lawmakers to die from pregnancy complications.

10. The brain drain continues for red states.

    When will they learn their lesson, if ever?

11. Plot twist: [53% of republicans/lean republicans in Idaho are women](https://www.pewresearch.org/religious-landscape-study/database/state/idaho/party-affiliation/).

    Whatever is happening in Idaho (and throughout the red states) with abortion and reproductive freedom in general wouldn’t be happening without the support of a very large number of voting-age women.

12. The politicians who made these laws do not have to suffer the consequences of these laws.

13. And for every doctor that says it out loud, I bet there are ten more that are doing it quietly.

14. Washington welcomes you.

15. Who needs OB-GYNs when you have all the unlicensed Christian birth doulas you can fit in your bunker?

16. The Supreme Court are terrorists

17. > Doctors Leave Idaho Over Threat of Jail

    > Idaho has lost 22% of its OBGYNs since the Supreme Court decision, and hospitals say new doctors are increasingly difficult to recruit, according to data from the Idaho Medical Association.

    > The number of interested candidates has dropped off dramatically, and it is taking twice as long to fill positions,” the association told the Stateman in an emailed statement. “Idaho is digging itself into a physician workforce hole that will take many years, if not decades, to fix.”

18. I hope every doctor leaves every red state.

19. We like OB-GYN’s in CA.

20. Sounds like they should hire lawyers and judges to do all their doctoring over in Idaho.

21. The healthcare situation there was the reason I did not consider Idaho with my remote work tech job. Wild what a medical hellscape they’re intentionally making it. Like if your populace is against abortion, it’s really not that hard to only ban non-medically-necessary abortions. It will be expensive to enforce such distinctions, but it’s also expensive to fuck up your medical system and keep a close eye on everything your OBs do