Medical students are avoiding states with more restrictive abortion laws?
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@Mik said in Medical students are avoiding states with more restrictive abortion laws?:
How many med students aspire to performing abortions? I’d guess very few, so I’m skeptical.
The problem isn't abortion ban per se, but other restrictions that are dragged along by abortion bans -- like the IVF frozen embryo disposal controversy, the legal uncertainties around what a doctor can or cannot do in an emergency room to avoid being tainted with the color of abortion, how close to death or how big the risk of death needs to be before a doctor can deploy treatment option that carries with it the color of abortion? All these are made more complicated by (poorly drafted or merely anachronistic) anti-abortion laws.
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@Mik said in Medical students are avoiding states with more restrictive abortion laws?:
Good point. Not a fan of laws that muddy the decision making process like that.
No, it’s not a good point. Read the thread. @Axtremus is falling victim to a univariate fallacy again. When you break it down by state and compare with regional preferences, the real story emerges and has nothing to do with abortion.
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@Mik said in Medical students are avoiding states with more restrictive abortion laws?:
Good point. Not a fan of laws that muddy the decision making process like that.
No, it’s not a good point. Read the thread. @Axtremus is falling victim to a univariate fallacy again. When you break it down by state and compare with regional preferences, the real story emerges and has nothing to do with abortion.
@LuFins-Dad said in Medical students are avoiding states with more restrictive abortion laws?:
When you break it down by state and compare with regional preferences, the real story emerges and has nothing to do with abortion.
That's why I posted the thread. It's far more complicated than NPR wants you to think.
