New Bill Aims to Fund Abortion Care Training for Medical Students and OB-GYNs.

Senators Tammy Baldwin and Patty Murray are introducing the Reproductive Health Care Training Act, which establishes a grant program to provide $25 million each year for the next five years to fund medical students who leave their states to learn abortion care and programs that train them. The bill aims to address the shortage of OB-GYNs who can provide abortion care in states with near-total bans on abortion, such as Wisconsin. The American Association of Pro-Life OB-GYNs argues that medical training should focus on routine care for issues that make pregnancy complicated and unsafe.