If the Supreme Court strikes down Roe v. Wade, some hospitals may strike abortion training from OB-GYN residency requirements, too.
| Headlines for a healthier you | | | Claire Wolters, News Reporter | | | If the Supreme Court strikes down Roe v. Wade, some hospitals may remove abortion training from OB-GYN residency requirements.
A recent study predicts a Roe-takedown could leave between 43.9% and 56% of obstetrics and gynecology (OB-GYN) residents without abortion training, putting patients at risk of losing providers or recieving inadequate care. | | Know More | | Abortion training is the only component of medical residency that students can choose not to partake in. Under requirements set by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), hospitals must give residents the right to opt out of such training if they have religious or moral objections. | | Feel Better | | For now, ACGME requirements have yet to be impacted by the Supreme Court and OB-GYN residents can access full abortion training. Unless, of course, they choose not to. | | |  | What Else Should You Know | | | Children as young as 6 months can now get vaccinated against COVID-19. The authorized little kid-sized doses represent a not-so-little step in fighting the virus, which has hospitalized roughly one in four children throughout the last two years. | | | | | Studies show that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)—negative and impactful events that occur before age 18—can have profound mental and physical impacts that carry into adulthood. Despite its prevalence, gun violence is not considered an ACE. Now, some experts are working to change that. | | | |  | In Other News | | | | |
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