Just consider: Over half of the counties in Georgia, Oklahoma, and Texas have no OBGYN. I did not say “a few.” I said “none.” Not one.
— Remarks by Vice President Harris on the Anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
Can this be true? Do these counties have hospitals? OBGYN is a pretty common specialty.
How do other medical specialties stack up in those counties?
Look, folks, they can fact check us. US, fact-checking THEM? Not so much …
Perhaps she meant “No OBGYNs who will perform abortions”, which to her meant no OBGYNs.
There are about 335 million people in the US. There are about 23, 000 OBGYNs. That’s about one OBGYN for every 14,500 people. Looking at the 77 counties in Oklahoma we find that 32 of them have fewer than 14,500 people. So even if we expected OBGYNs to be distributed by counties it would make no sense for these 32 counties to have an OBGYN. Of course expecting this sort of distribution of OBGYNs is not realistic. They’re going to be concentrated in first and second tier cities not distributed by county or geographic area.
As usual, Kamala makes no practical sense whatsoever.
BTW: Oklahoma is 50.1% female – slightly below the national average of 50.4%.
Not that one HAS to be female to be female to go to an OBGYN these days (apparently). But I don’t think there’s much demand for those services among the cow punchers and oil riggers on OK.
But they have buses, so it’s okay…
All I know is my county has COTTONGYNS out the ying yang.
Ahh, but how many illegals do they have Miss Border Czar?
I’m no gynecologist, but I’ll look into it…
Texas is big.
Texas has 254 counties. 154 of those counties have 25,000 people or less (https://www.texascounties.net/statistics/population2020.htm). 150 of those 254 counties have a population density of 30 people per square mile or less. I wouldn’t be surprised if a substantial number of those counties don’t have any doctors – even family practices or pediatricians.
Thank you