"But the hospital started restricting certain birth control options and fertility treatments based on its affiliation with the Catholic church, she said. At the same time, her unit was becoming increasingly short-staffed as other obstetricians left and retired. At one point, Quinn said she was seeing up to 50 patients a day. "That is twice what a normal OB-GYN will see in a day," she said. "I knew I was going to miss something, because there's no way somebody can function at that level.""
"Last spring, Quinn decided to leave -- not just Mason City, but Iowa entirely. At the time, the state supreme court was on the verge of approving a law banning abortion as early as six weeks of pregnancy, with very few exceptions. It was the last straw for Quinn, who got a job in Minnesota and moved her family there. Minnesota has constitutional protections for abortion. "I could either stay and ruin myself and my career and my mental health and my relationship with my children, or I could go and continue to practice OB, which had always been my dream," she said."
Jonna Quinn accepted an OB-GYN position in Mason City, Iowa, near her hometown, but encountered hospital restrictions on birth control and fertility treatments tied to Catholic affiliation. Her unit became increasingly short-staffed as other obstetricians left and retired, forcing her to see as many as 50 patients daily. The prospect of a state law banning abortion at six weeks and the resulting constraints prompted her to move to Minnesota, where constitutional protections for abortion exist. The overturning of Roe v. Wade and subsequent state bans have increased strain on obstetric care and risk driving clinicians away from affected states.
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