News on the repro front has given us a case of whiplash lately. On the authoritarian front: A Texas judge overturns decades of science-based FDA approvals because of his political and religious beliefs and unilaterally decides that mifepristone is dangerous to women’s health. Idaho is trying to make it
Thank you for bringing together all that's been happening into one clear update. Something to consider is this - it's not a OB/GYN desert... it's OB/GYN apartheid. Why? Because 'desert' sounds like a nature-made landscape while 'apartheid' is a political system of oppression. And that's what is happening in anti-abortion states right now: politics is intruding into health care systems to drive out OB/GYNs. This is dangerous, regardless of the word, but I'm going to call it what it is.
Staying the Course
Thank you for bringing together all that's been happening into one clear update. Something to consider is this - it's not a OB/GYN desert... it's OB/GYN apartheid. Why? Because 'desert' sounds like a nature-made landscape while 'apartheid' is a political system of oppression. And that's what is happening in anti-abortion states right now: politics is intruding into health care systems to drive out OB/GYNs. This is dangerous, regardless of the word, but I'm going to call it what it is.