Since January, Dr. Stacy Seyb, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist in Boise, Idaho, has had at least four of his patients wheeled onto emergency flights and airlifted out of the state while experiencing severe pregnancy complications.

One of them was a woman whose water broke around 20 weeks into her pregnancy, putting her at risk of infection. In these types of emergencies, ending the patient’s pregnancy can be part of the standard of care. But doctors at the hospital where Seyb works say they have been forced to transfer patients who have these complications out of state to comply with the state’s abortion ban.

“This has become the new normal, which is sad,” he said.

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    8 months ago

    Spoiler alert: It’s so they don’t die because Idaho won’t let doctors take care of pregnant patients.

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      8 months ago

      It’s all stemming from their abortion ban. It’s causing massive problems for the entire northern part of their state.

      It’s not just cases like this… They are losing doctors like crazy, and shutting down maternity wards.