Relocation post-Dobbs among clinicians providing abortions

JAMA Network Open

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About The Study: 

This survey study found that after Dobbs, 42% of survey respondents who provided abortions in states banning abortion relocated to another state. Almost all clinicians who relocated from any policy context relocated to states not banning abortion. 

Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Dana Howard, PhD, email dana.howard@osumc.edu.

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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.14884)

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