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For the second year in a row, fewer medical students are applying to residency programs in states with near-total abortion bans. A new data snapshot from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), released Thursday, shows that students in their senior year in a doctorate of medicine program have applied to fewer residency programs.

Women living in states where abortion is restricted or banned are more likely to report that either they or someone they know had difficulty accessing abortion services, according to a new survey published Friday from health research group KFF.  Nearly two years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and eliminated federal constitutional protections…