Journalists Discuss Abortion in GOP Platform and How Idaho's Ban Drove Away OB-GYNs

KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed abortion in the GOP platform on KMOX’s “Total Information AM” on July 17.

Click here to hear Rovner on “Total Information AM”
Hear Rovner in “GOP Platform Muddies Abortion Waters”

KFF Health News contributor Andy Miller discussed a rise in covid cases on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on July 12.

Click here to hear Miller on “The Georgia Health Report”

KFF Health News Nevada correspondent Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez discussed Idaho’s worsening OB-GYN shortage on Apple News’ “Apple News Today” on July 8.

Click here to hear Orozco Rodriguez on “Apple News Today”
Read Orozco Rodriguez’s “Idaho’s OB-GYN Exodus Throws Women in Rural Towns Into a Care Void”

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<h1>Journalists Discuss Abortion in GOP Platform and How Idaho’s Ban Drove Away OB-GYNs</h1>
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<p>KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed abortion in the GOP platform on KMOX’s “Total Information AM” on July 17.</p><ul><li><a href="https://omny.fm/shows/total-information-am/republicans-trying-to-downplay-abortion-as-electio">Click here to hear Rovner on “Total Information AM”</a></li><li>Hear Rovner in “<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/podcast/what-the-health-355-gop-platform-abortion-gender-july-11-2024/">GOP Platform Muddies Abortion Waters</a>”</li></ul><p>KFF Health News contributor Andy Miller discussed a rise in covid cases on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on July 12.</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.wuga.org/show/wuga-health-desk/2024-07-12/the-georgia-health-report-the-rise-in-covid-numbers">Click here to hear Miller on “The Georgia Health Report”</a></li></ul><p>KFF Health News Nevada correspondent Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez discussed Idaho’s worsening OB-GYN shortage on Apple News’ “Apple News Today” on July 8. </p><ul><li><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-one-country-just-introduced-a-six-day-workweek/id1473872585?i=1000661516880">Click here to hear Orozco Rodriguez  on “Apple News Today”</a></li><li>Read Orozco Rodriguez’s “<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/idaho-obgyn-exodus-abortion-rural-care-roe/">Idaho’s OB-GYN Exodus Throws Women in Rural Towns Into a Care Void</a>”</li></ul><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/on-air-july-20-2024-abortion-gop-platform-covid/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/on-air-july-20-2024-abortion-gop-platform-covid/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/on-air-july-20-2024-abortion-gop-platform-covid/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Journalists%20Discuss%20Abortion%20in%20GOP%20Platform%20and%20How%20Idaho%27s%20Ban%20Drove%20Away%20OB-GYNs&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2FMTY1ODgwOQ&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/on-air-july-20-2024-abortion-gop-platform-covid/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/on-air-july-20-2024-abortion-gop-platform-covid/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a <a target="_blank" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"></p>
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