medical Future of Abortion Training for Medical Residents Is Bleak Christin Hakim, May 19, 2022 In 2021, Dr. Mallika Govindan, a family medicine resident at Mount Sinai Health System, got disappointing news. Even though she had pursued a career in medicine in order to become an abortion provider—and had chosen a residency in New York City, where she felt she would get the best training—she… Continue Reading
medical Medical education of abortion could be erased in red states Christin Hakim, May 14, 2022 A key piece of OB-GYN training — how to perform an abortion — could soon be stricken from medical schools’ curriculum in states that make the practice illegal. Why it matters: A Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade would not only affect patients but drastically alter medical education and force… Continue Reading
medical Doctors say the Texas abortion ban is complicating other types of medical decisions : NPR Christin Hakim, October 2, 2021 Glenda Lima, a surgical tech at Houston Women’s Reproductive Services, performs an ultrasound on a patient on Sept. 30. The patient drove to the clinic from Louisiana, and the ultrasound was to determine whether the woman was less than six weeks pregnant and eligible to have an abortion in Texas,… Continue Reading