Experiences of Obstetrician-Gynecologists Providing Pregnancy Care After Dobbs.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Following the Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization (Dobbs) decision in June 2022, which overturned the federal right to abortion, Wisconsin physicians faced the threat of an 1849 state law widely interpreted to criminalize provision of abortion except in life-saving emergencies. Physicians and their institutions were left to interpret whether and how they could treat and/or refer certain pregnant patients.

Objective

To document how the post-Dobbs legal landscape shaped Wisconsin obstetrician-gynecologists' (OB-GYNs') ability to provide health care to patients facing pregnancy-related risks and complications, with particular attention to the mediating role of health care institutions.

Design, setting, and participants

In this qualitative study, 21 OB-

SUBMITTER: Cutler AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11959436 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature