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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Melody Schreiber

Will abortion bans deny critical training to the next generation of ob-gyns?

One of the many balloons at the Center for Reproductive Rights rally for abortion justice at the Supreme Court as the justices hear oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.
Abortion bans proliferating in US states will reverberate through an entire generation of healthcare professionals. Photograph: Allison Bailey/REX/Shutterstock

It was the moment Dani Mathisen had eagerly awaited for weeks. She and her husband watched the ultrasound screen as the wand slicked through the jelly on her stomach. As a doctor, Dani could interpret the images on the 20-week week anatomy scan herself – and immediately, she started seeing the problems in her pregnancy.

Her daughter’s feet weren’t forming quite right. A bone surgery can fix that, she thought.

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