Iowa ranks 50th out of 50 in the number of OB/GYNs per capita - eviltoast
Iowa has the fewest OB-GYN specialists per capita nationwide, regent report reveals
dailyiowan.com
Iowa has the fewest number of OB-GYN specialists per capita of any state in the country, according to data from the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the state of Iowa. Of the 99 counties in Iowa, 66 currently lack access to OB-GYN and birth services. At the state Board of Regents meeting on...

Of the 99 counties in Iowa, 66 currently lack access to OB-GYN and birth services. At the state Board of Regents meeting on Nov. 9, Kim Hunter, interim chief executive officer, chief nurse executive, and interim associate vice president of UI Hospitals and Clinics, said this lack of resources is only getting worse.

Heard this mentioned in a podcast and thought it really important to share in light of the defacto abortion ban that was just signed into law in Iowa and has no rules in place to govern its implementation we’re about to see this problem get even worse.

Women can’t vote you out of office if they all flee the state!

  • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
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    1 year ago

    I really hope women really show up to the next few elections. I’m hoping everything the gop has done has backfired and hopefully starts waking up the silent majority. Even those boring local elections need to have heavy turnouts.