Reproductive health care restrictions likely to repel provider workforce, research shows

By: Elisha Brown

Outlets: Stateline

Published: April 1, 2026

Words: 1,874

Last Updated: 3 months, 4 weeks ago

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When an Alabama clinic’s only OB-GYN left the state to provide abortion care in Colorado, the head of operations thought the facility would have to close.

But Robin Marty, executive director at WAWC Healthcare in Tuscaloosa, hired a doctor in August who she called a “unicorn” — someone who’s from Alabama and, after training outside of the state, returned home to practice medicine.

Marty said Alabama’s near-total abortion ban could cause physicians to practice elsewhere …

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