More doctors are considering leaving or retiring early, while fewer medical students are applying to obstetrics and gynecology residencies in Texas.

Texas abortion bans have put OB/GYN physicians under considerable stress, with most feeling the restrictions inhibit their ability to care for patients and some considering leaving the state or retiring early,

GYNs feel they cannot provide the highest-quality care to their pregnant patients under the state's near-total abortion ban — and 1 in 5 has considered leaving the state as a result, a new survey of physicians and medical residents found.