Iowa Doesn't Have Enough OB-GYNs. The State’s Abortion Ban Might Be Making It Worse.

Iowa Doesn't Have Enough OB-GYNs. The State’s Abortion Ban Might Be Making It Worse.

Jonna Quinn was initially thrilled when she got her first job after her medical residency, working as an OB-GYN in Mason City, Iowa. It was less than two hours down the road from West Bend, where she grew up on a farm. But the hospital started restricting certain birth control options and fertility treatments based on its affiliation with the Roman Catholic Church, she said. At the same time, her unit was increasingly short-staffed as other obst…