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shows a woman in a white coat standing behind a podium. She's there to oppose restrictions on abortion

Maternal-fetal specialist Nicole Teal told reporters she had wanted to spend the rest of her career in North Carolina after finishing up a fellowship this summer, but with restrictions on her practice looming, she made the decision to return to her home state of California.

“Thinking about facing that for a whole career, and with the impending 15-, 14-, 12-week ban? It’s just so outside of my moral obligation to patients, I felt that I really couldn’t stay here,” Teal said.

“Thinking about facing that for a whole career, and with the impending 15, 14, 12 week ban. It’s just so outside of my moral obligation to patients, I felt that I really couldn’t stay here,” Teal said.
Credit: Rose Hoban

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