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08/15/2022

Abortion Bans Limit Training Options for Some Future U.S. Physicians

In some states, it’s basically impossible to get abortion education

University of Oklahoma medical student Ian Peake spent four years shadowing doctors at a Tulsa abortion clinic because his school didn't offer courses on abortion or provide any training.

But the Tulsa Women's Clinic stopped abortion services in May when Oklahoma enacted a near-total ban, and the provider closed for good after the U.S. Supreme Court ended constitutional abortion protections in June. Peake, 33, now had no local options to learn about abortion.

“It’s basically impossible to get abortion education in the state,” said Peake, who is now applying to residency programs outside of Oklahoma. "We’re going to have whole swaths of the country where medical students aren’t going to really know how these procedures work."

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