One by one, doctors who handle high-risk pregnancies are disappearing from Idaho — part of a wave of obstetricians fleeing restrictive abortion laws and a hostile state legislature. Dr. Caitlin Gustafson, a family doctor who also delivers babies in the tiny mountain town of McCall, is among those left behind, facing a lonely and uncertain… Continue reading As Abortion Laws Drive Obstetricians From Red States, Maternity Care Suffers
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One in Five Women Feel Mistreated During Maternity Care, C.D.C. Reports
Why It Matters: Many pregnant women are afraid to discuss their worries. Almost half of the women surveyed said they had held back in talking with a maternity care provider about their questions or concerns, a particularly disturbing finding. The most common reason given was that patients thought that what they were experiencing was normal.… Continue reading One in Five Women Feel Mistreated During Maternity Care, C.D.C. Reports