Abortion Rights on the Run–What It Means in Terms of Demographics

It should come as a surprise to no one that, as half of the United States shifts (actually, squirts) to the extreme right, abortion rights are in the process of going away–at least in the red states.

Given that we live in an age where we can choose to live wherever we please, this raises the question: do you really want to live in a state with laws that are oppressive to women, LGBTQs, and people of color?

If you were a surgeon who performed abortions, you might ask yourself if you’re willing to have the local Bible-thumpers tell you how you can practice gynecology.  This may mean some level of exodus of educated people from the bright red states.

In medicine, such a phenomenon is already in place.  A friend’s wife was offered a “signing bonus” of $600K to do her residency in North Dakota.  Now, of course, a lot of this is due to the terrible climate, but there are similar significant “hardship pay incentives” for doctors to come to temperate regions that happen to be cultural wastelands like Tennessee.