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Sensors were adjusted on ride where teen

fell to death

(AP) — Sensors on a Flor- report commissioned by the son was not properly secured
ida amusement park ride Florida Department of Agri- in the seat primarily due to
had been adjusted manu- culture, which is investigat- mis-adjustment of the har-
ally to double the size of ing the accident. ness proximity sensors,” said
the opening for restraints the report from Quest Engi-
on two seats, resulting in a Sampson was only 14 but al- neering and Failure Analysis,
14-year-old boy not being ready 6 feet, 5 inches tall (195 Inc.
properly secured before centimeters) and well over
he slipped out and fell to 300 pounds (136 kilograms) The Orlando Free Fall ride,
his death, according to when he slipped out of his which is taller than the Statue
an initial report released seat as the ride plunged to the of Liberty, didn’t experience
Monday by outside engi- ground at speeds of 75 mph any electrical or mechanical
neers. (about 121 kph) or more. failures, the report said.
An inspection of the seats
The average opening for re- showed that sensors used to The release of the report
straints on the seats on the activate safety lights on the marks the initial phase of the
430-foot (131-meter), free- two seats, indicating the har- investigation into the teen’s
fall amusement park ride ness safety restraints were in death, and “we are far from
located in the heart of Or- place, had been adjusted to done,” Agriculture Commis-
lando’s tourist district was allow for the wider openings. sioner Nikki Fried said at a
3.3 inches (8.3 centimeters). As the ride slowed down, news conference in Orlando.
However, the opening of the Sampson slipped through
restraint for the seat used by a gap between the seat and The report said there were
Tyre Sampson was as much safety harness, the report many other “potential con-
as 7.1 inches (18 centime- said. tributions” to the accident
ters), and the one for another and that a full review of the
seat was 6.5 inches (16.5 cen- “The cause of the subject ac- ride’s design and operations
timeters), according to the cident was that Tyre Samp- was needed.

Abortion training under threat for med students, residents

(AP) - Browse any medi- Roe v. Wade decision legaliz- The 27-year-old is the daugh- U.S. abortions, followed by
cal dictionary, and before And new restrictions are pil- ing abortion. ter of “pro-feminist” parents family medicine specialists.
hitting appendectomy ing up: Within the past year, and the mother of two young But these aren’t always the
and anesthesia, you’ll find bills or laws seeking to limit “It’s quite terrifying what’s girls whose right to repro- first doctors that women en-
abortion. abortion education have been going on,” said Ian Peake, a ductive choice she wants to counter when they learn of
proposed or enacted in at third-year medical student in protect. an unintended pregnancy.
The first two procedures are least eight states. The chang- Oklahoma, where the gover- Abortion rights supporters
part of standard physician ed- es are coming from abortion nor on April 12 signed a mea- “It was kind of a joke in my argue all physicians should
ucation. But for many U.S. opponents emboldened by sure outlawing most abor- family: If people tell me I know enough about the pro-
medical school students and new limits on the procedure tions. can’t do something, I’m go- cedure to inform and counsel
residents who want to learn itself, as well as a pending ing to do it twice as hard,” patients, and that such edu-
about abortions, options are Supreme Court decision that Abortion training is not of- she said. “I kind of feel this cation should start in medical
scarce. could upend the landmark fered at Oklahoma’s two moral, righteous drive to go school.
medical schools and educa- for it.”
tion on the topic is limited. In 2020, Stanford University
Aspiring doctors who want U.S. physician education researchers said they found
to learn about it typically seek typically includes four years that half of medical schools
out doctors providing abor- of medical school, where stu- included no formal abortion
tions outside the traditional dents learn the basics of gen- training or only a single lec-
medical education system. eral medicine and hands-on ture.
patient care. They graduate
Peake, 32, said if he wanted to with a medical degree that “Abortion is one of the most
learn to do colonoscopies, for officially makes them doc- common medical proce-
example, he could work with tors. Most then spend at least dures,” they wrote. “Yet
school staff to shadow a doc- three years in residency pro- abortion-related topics are
tor doing research or work- grams where they receive in- glaringly absent from medi-
ing in a clinic. tense on-the-job training and cal school curricula.”
specialty skills.
“That would be easy,” he said. McGlaun helped sponsor a
“To do the same for abortion, U.S. medical schools require measure last year that asked
that’s almost impossible.” He students to complete a clerk- the American Medical Asso-
said it took him six months ship in obstetrics and gyne- ciation to support mandated
to find a provider willing to cology, but there is no man- abortion education in medi-
teach him. date that it include abortion cal schools, with an opt-out
education. At the post-gradu- provision. The influential
Nevada medical student Na- ate level, OB-GYN residency group has long opposed cur-
tasha McGlaun got outside programs are required by an riculum mandates and turned
training and created a work- accrediting group to provide down the proposal, but it said
shop on how to perform a access to abortion training, it supports giving medical
standard medical procedure though residents who object students and residents the
used in abortions. She offers can opt out of performing chance to learn about abor-
it at night, in her own free abortions. tion and opposes efforts to
time. interfere with such training.
OB-GYNs perform most