This is a demanding field. Not only must you have the intelligence to go through medical school, and practice medicine, but you must also be compassionate. You must have the time to practice and the ability to drop what you re doing and respond to a call in the middle of the night. You must be able to go without sleep and in some instances food for long periods of time. One way to avoid these conditions would be to enter into a partner practice.
Gynecologists are doctors and therefore have the duties of such.
They can give abortions or by the same token choose not to. Dr. Mullin chose her career because she had enjoyed math. Her love of science also helped her to decide on this career. She had considered becoming a doctor before high school, but began seriously considering it in high school. She has studied life and all of its systems, and must understand them.