A new data snapshot developed by the AAMC Research and Action Institute examines the training location preferences of medical school graduates in the United States since the Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision. The authors found that the number of MD graduates who applied to residency positions during the 2022-23 match cycle decreased by about 2% nationally from the prior year, while the number of applicants to states with abortion bans decreased by 3%. Looking at individual specialties, the largest drops in applicants across all states were seen in emergency medicine (-21.4%) and in OB/GYN (-5.2%), with a 10.5% decline in OB/GYN applicants in states that banned abortion.
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Penny Schnarrs she/her
Director of Community Relations and Strategy
Association of American Medical Colleges
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