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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Gloria Oladipo

Idaho hospital to stop delivering babies as doctors flee over abortion ban

A nurse checks the vitals of a newborn baby in Royal Oak, Michigan
A nurse checks the vitals of a newborn baby in Royal Oak, Michigan on 1 February 2022. In Idaho, some expectant parents will be forced to drive 46 miles for labor and delivery care. Photograph: Emily Elconin/Reuters

An Idaho hospital has planned to stop delivering babies, with the medical center’s managers citing increasing criminalization of physicians and the inability to retain pediatricians as major reasons.

Bonner General Health, the only hospital in Sandpoint, in the north-west of the state, announced on Friday it would no longer provide labor, delivery and a host of other obstetrical services.

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