Dr. Beverly Gray: If we have a strict ban, and [medical] residents aren’t able to provide second trimester care, or are only able to provide second trimester care in emergency situations, or the mother’s life is at risk– that curtails their experience and whether or not they will be able to leave competently trained in that skill set. In another 12, 15, 20 years, you are not going to have very many providers left that have that skill set. And there are times where I would say– even once or twice a month–we’re faced with a case that’s an emergency case. Patient needs to be cared for. And second trimester D&E, or Dilation and Evacuation, is a complicated procedure. And you have to have training to be able to do that. So I worry that in another 10 to 20 years, the patients of North Carolina won’t have competent people to be able to care for them in emergencies. And those emergencies won’t stop happening.