Doctor recalls 30 months under Missouri abortion ban

Dr. Betsy Wickstrom, a high-risk OB-GYN in Kansas City, said she still worries abortion access will remain tenuous for the foreseeable future

by Anna Spoerre, for Missouri Independent

Dr. Betsy Wickstrom understands where some of the voices opposed to abortion are coming from. 

She used to be one of them. 

The Kansas City OB-GYN specializing in high-risk pregnancies is a Republican and a Christian, but her more than three decades in maternal-fetal medicine have moved her away from the “pro-life” movement and into abortion advocacy. 

The past two-and-a-half years practicing under an abortion ban in Missouri have strengthened her resolve.