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. 2025 Jun 2;8(6):e2514884.
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.14884.

Relocation Post-Dobbs Among Clinicians Providing Abortions

Dana Howard  1 , Marta Bornstein  2 , Jocelyn Wascher  3 , Alison H Norris  4 , Katherine Rivlin  3
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Relocation Post-Dobbs Among Clinicians Providing Abortions

Dana Howard et al. JAMA Netw Open. .
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This survey study compares the proportion of abortion-providing clinicians who changed primary state of practice after the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision in 2022.

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