Idaho hospital will stop delivering babies as doctors flee state due to abortion ban

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Idaho hospital will stop delivering babies as doctors flee state due to abortion ban
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Near-total ban on abortions is driving doctors away, hospital says, leading to lack of nearby labor and delivery care for thousands

, the hospital’s leadership said that the decision to eliminate the obstetrics unit stemmed from the “political climate” in Idaho.

“We have made every effort to avoid eliminating these services,” the hospital’s board president, Ford Elsaesser, added in the statement.The hospital’s statement also said that the closure comes as the number of deliveries at Bonner continues to decline, with only 265 babies delivered in 2022 and fewer than 10 pediatric patients admitted.

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