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ob-gyn

Or ob/gyn,

[oh-bee-jee-wahy-en]

  1. obstetrical-gynecological.

  2. obstetrician-gynecologist.

  3. obstetrics and gynecology.



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“Anti-abortion officials do not care about making families safer and healthier,” Dr. Danielle Gershon, an ob-gyn in Alabama who works with Physicians for Reproductive Health, told Salon.

From Salon

Kirk, who works by day delivering babies as the county’s only OB-GYN, said he wasn’t drinking that night because he was on call.

There he was, just a dad shuffling through the kitchen, telling an irate Kelly to just ignore the unsolicited OB-GYN appointment her older sister made on her behalf — “Tell her to book me a gynecologist appointment; I wouldn’t mind.”

But now, physicians across the state are faced with a law that threatens up to 99 years in prison, and more are making a new calculus around whether to intervene or even tell patients they are likely miscarrying, said Dr. Anitra Beasley, an OB-GYN in Houston.

From Salon

The OB-GYN, you have to drive an hour to get regular checkups, and most of them are in urban and suburban areas.

From Salon

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