There has been a flood of state laws restricting abortion since the Supreme Court said

access to the procedure was no longer a constitutional right.

Currently abortion is totally banned in 14 states and 27 states prohibit abortions passed a certain

point in the pregnancy. As Ali Rogan reports those laws are affecting how

medical residents and obstetrics and gynecology are trained in performing abortions and in Gynaecology are trained in performing abortions

and in counseling patients on their reproductive choices.

A recent survey published in the Journal of Graduate Medical Education

showed residents said they feel like they're participating in

the enactment of injustice. Another resident said there's a big conflict of

interest between the patient's well-being and what we feel is right for the patient

and then trying to cover ourselves

from a legal standpoint.

Dr Sarah Osminson is an OBGYN and a board member of the Society for maternal

fetal Medicine.

Dr Osminson, thank you so much for being here.

In addition to practicing as an OBGYN,

you're also a professor teaching the next generation of OBGYNs.

What are you hearing from the students that come through your programs about the future that they have and whether they're getting enough training?

Yeah, thank you so much for having me and for talking about this topic.

You know, I think I'm hearing a lot of echoes of that statement that the sort of incoming

generation of clinicians, medical students and residents are very concerned about the type of training that they can receive both an OBGYN and just in reproductive health in general.

And they're very concerned about practicing in states

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