Writer Katie Klingsporn has a warning to women in Wyoming: The doctor is out and you're on your own. Rural health care—never adequate—has deteriorated in Klingsporn's state: Three hospitals have closed birthing centers, forcing women to travel long distances for medical care. Wyoming isn't unique, she adds: Fewer than half of the rural hospitals in America even offer labor and delivery services.
Writers on the Range: Where have all the doctors gone?
Bailey Zindel