Following Texas's near-total abortion ban, Dr. Lou Rubino chose to leave the state after facing ethical conflicts while treating patients. He felt compelled to act when a 16-year-old patient required an abortion. Rubino's case is not unique, as many clinicians who previously provided abortions in restricted states have migrated to more supportive environments. The Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision led to a significant relocation of medical professionals, with a survey indicating 42% of abortion providers in banned states have moved elsewhere.
For me to not do her abortion...that I should be able to do is morally wrong.
In the year after the Dobbs decision, 42% of clinicians who provided abortions in banned states relocated to another state.
They realized that to do the kind of care that I do, I needed to leave.
In Texas, about one in five ob-gyns practicing have considered leaving the state to practice.
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