Posted on Feb 23, 2023
Post-Roe, WA is a health care ‘sanctuary’ — for both patients and providers
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Growing up in Corpus Christi, Texas, Sarah Villarreal saw a lot of teenagers and very young women getting pregnant.
“I was actually the first in my family to graduate high school without a child,” she said.
Dr. Villarreal said that’s what motivated her to become an OB/GYN: giving people access to contraception and reproductive care options that she didn’t even know about as a teenager.
But then Texas started restricting access to abortions.
“I wasn’t really feeling like I could safely practice,” she said, “and I felt like I was losing a lot of the joy that I had in my job previously.”
“I was actually the first in my family to graduate high school without a child,” she said.
Dr. Villarreal said that’s what motivated her to become an OB/GYN: giving people access to contraception and reproductive care options that she didn’t even know about as a teenager.
But then Texas started restricting access to abortions.
“I wasn’t really feeling like I could safely practice,” she said, “and I felt like I was losing a lot of the joy that I had in my job previously.”
Post-Roe, WA is a health care ‘sanctuary’ — for both patients and providers
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..."Some of her patients have traveled to Washington for abortions.
Back in Seattle, OB/GYN Sarah Villarreal has settled into a townhouse in the Rainier Valley.
She said, at her job here, she feels like she can give her patients more options than she could back in Texas.
“I definitely don’t feel that fear,” she said. “And, just, you feel like you’re doing the right thing for your patients.”
Even so, she’s not sure she wants to stay.
“I was doing a lot of good where I was,” she said. “I feel like here in Seattle, providers like me are a dime a dozen. My patients don’t need me the way that they needed me in Texas.”
So, Villarreal said, she’s not sure when, but she might go back. Texas will always be home for her."...
..."Some of her patients have traveled to Washington for abortions.
Back in Seattle, OB/GYN Sarah Villarreal has settled into a townhouse in the Rainier Valley.
She said, at her job here, she feels like she can give her patients more options than she could back in Texas.
“I definitely don’t feel that fear,” she said. “And, just, you feel like you’re doing the right thing for your patients.”
Even so, she’s not sure she wants to stay.
“I was doing a lot of good where I was,” she said. “I feel like here in Seattle, providers like me are a dime a dozen. My patients don’t need me the way that they needed me in Texas.”
So, Villarreal said, she’s not sure when, but she might go back. Texas will always be home for her."...
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