Post by Logan on Jun 22, 2016 21:44:58 GMT -6
The Abortion Training Taboo: How Texas Politics Influence Medical Education
Every year, more than 100 new obstetrician-gynecologists graduate from a residency program in Texas and enter the medical workforce. Theoretically, all of them have had the opportunity during the four years of residency to learn about “induced abortion” – so called to distinguish it from a miscarriage.
But the closure of abortion clinics in Texas following the passage of the strict abortion regulation law HB2 – more than 20 since 2013 — has made that training increasingly difficult.
Texas has 18 residency programs in ob-gyn, but only one allowed me to observe how abortion is taught. Because of the political pressures facing abortion providers, I agreed not to reveal the doctors’ full names or the clinic’s location. (The resident agreed to be identified by her middle name, Jane.)
Although residents can opt out of abortion training for religious or moral reasons, Jane felt a professional obligation to learn the procedure.
Read more: www.texasstandard.org/stories/the-abortion-training-taboo-how-texas-politics-influence-medical-education/
The Abortion Training Taboo: Will Texas Have Enough Doctors Who Can Perform The Procedure?
Abortion is one of the more common procedures performed in the U.S., more common even than appendectomies. But as clinics in Texas close, learning to do them is getting harder for the doctors training in obstetrics and gynecology, known as residents.
“There are places in Texas where there are ob-gyn residents who can’t get anywhere to be trained,” said a senior doctor at one Texas clinic where ob-gyns residents can still come to learn how to do abortions. The doctor asked not to be named to avoid backlash from anti-abortion groups and politicians.
Clinics have closed recently in Lubbock, Odessa, and other Texas cities. But the professor’s clinic can’t take up the slack.
“We’ve been approached by many different residency programs about the ability to train their residents,” she said. “Unfortunately, we just don’t have the capability to train everyone.”
Read more: www.texasstandard.org/stories/the-abortion-training-taboo-will-texas-have-enough-doctors-who-can-perform-the-procedure/
Every year, more than 100 new obstetrician-gynecologists graduate from a residency program in Texas and enter the medical workforce. Theoretically, all of them have had the opportunity during the four years of residency to learn about “induced abortion” – so called to distinguish it from a miscarriage.
But the closure of abortion clinics in Texas following the passage of the strict abortion regulation law HB2 – more than 20 since 2013 — has made that training increasingly difficult.
Texas has 18 residency programs in ob-gyn, but only one allowed me to observe how abortion is taught. Because of the political pressures facing abortion providers, I agreed not to reveal the doctors’ full names or the clinic’s location. (The resident agreed to be identified by her middle name, Jane.)
Although residents can opt out of abortion training for religious or moral reasons, Jane felt a professional obligation to learn the procedure.
Read more: www.texasstandard.org/stories/the-abortion-training-taboo-how-texas-politics-influence-medical-education/
The Abortion Training Taboo: Will Texas Have Enough Doctors Who Can Perform The Procedure?
Abortion is one of the more common procedures performed in the U.S., more common even than appendectomies. But as clinics in Texas close, learning to do them is getting harder for the doctors training in obstetrics and gynecology, known as residents.
“There are places in Texas where there are ob-gyn residents who can’t get anywhere to be trained,” said a senior doctor at one Texas clinic where ob-gyns residents can still come to learn how to do abortions. The doctor asked not to be named to avoid backlash from anti-abortion groups and politicians.
Clinics have closed recently in Lubbock, Odessa, and other Texas cities. But the professor’s clinic can’t take up the slack.
“We’ve been approached by many different residency programs about the ability to train their residents,” she said. “Unfortunately, we just don’t have the capability to train everyone.”
Read more: www.texasstandard.org/stories/the-abortion-training-taboo-will-texas-have-enough-doctors-who-can-perform-the-procedure/