How the end of Roe is reshaping the medical workforce

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🗓️ 1 July 2024

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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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0:00.0	NPR.
0:03.0	This is the
0:05.0	This is the indicator
0:12.0	This is the indicator from Planet Money, I'm Waylon Wong.
0:15.0	Who could have predicted that the Supreme Court's overturn of the nationwide right to abortion
0:21.0	would turn into a story about the nation's labor supply.
0:24.6	But that's exactly what seems to be happening.
0:26.8	Joining me today to unpack it all is Julie Rovner
0:29.7	who's been following the story.
0:31.3	Hi, Julie.
0:32.1	Hi, Alan, nice to be here.
0:33.6	Great to have you.
0:34.6	Julie is the chief Washington correspondent
0:36.9	with KFF Health News.
0:38.9	She also hosts its podcast, What the Health.
0:41.6	That's right, Anna. I've been talking to graduating medical
0:44.4	students who are shying away from applying for medical
0:47.6	residencies in states with abortion restrictions and this isn't just happening
0:51.5	with OBGYNs applications are down for all kinds And this isn't just happening with OBGYNs.
0:53.1	Applications are down for all kinds of trainee doctors,
0:56.1	including pediatricians.
0:57.6	Yeah, this was something that people were speculating
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