Cadwallader

“I think our system is already starting to fall apart in Idaho, because we've lost our ability to care for pregnant women,” Dr. Kara Cadwallader, who is a family medicine physician in Idaho, told Salon.

Dr. Kara Cadwallader, who is a family medicine physician in Idaho, told Salon this shows how the impact highly restrictive abortion laws will have on the country’s healthcare system.

Cadwallader said abortion bans say “very loud and clear” that if a doctor comes to the state, legislators “will tell you how to practice medicine.”

Both Hackney and Cadwallader said medical students frequently choose residency programs based on where they want to practice medicine as well.

“I think our system is already starting to fall apart in Idaho, because we've lost our ability to care for pregnant women,” Cadwallader said.