Post-Roe, many maternal care doctors in restrictive states face the same stark choice: Stay or go? Hear from one OB who decided to move to Minnesota from Idaho to continue her practice.
show a widening gulf between supply and demand for OB-GYNs nationally through 2035. And among the 24 states that have taken steps to restrict abortion, all but Ohio will see an even bigger need by then, according to The Associated Press’ analysis of the federal data.
At the University of Kentucky and later in medical school, Fields became an advocate for reproductive rights. She served on the board of Medical Students for Choice and learned abortion care during her residency in Rochester, New York. When she worked at a health center in Indianapolis, she drove to Louisville monthly to provide abortions at Planned Parenthood.
Despite constraints on her practice, patients regularly thank Fields at the clinic or when she bumps into them at Walmart. One expressed her gratitude publicly on Facebook, describing how she hemorrhaged while delivering her baby — and Fields saved them both. . Under state law, doctors who perform the procedure can be charged with a felony and have their medical license revoked.
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