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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Melanie Sevcenko

‘We weren’t meant to be criminals’: the gynecologists training out of state post-Roe

doctor performing an ultrasound on a patient
OB-GYN programs nationwide must grapple with the logistical and legal challenges of how to graduate competent residents. Photograph: Christine Torres Hicks/Courtesy OHSU Center

Rachel is a third-year OB-GYN resident at a medical institute in Texas and last year, when the Dobbs vote overturned Roe v Wade, her education was derailed. For her safety, she declined to offer her last name or where she studies. In June 2022, the state’s “trigger law” went into effect and abortions became illegal – first after six weeks, now full stop.

“I was horrified and angry,” said Rachel, when Roe was reversed.

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