New publication from Sara Neill, MD, MPH re: Study Finds Dobbs Has Affected Pregnancy Care Beyond Abortion

A new study finds Dobbs has affected pregnancy care beyond abortion: “Where decision-making was previously guided primarily by clinical judgment and patient values, care was increasingly shaped by legal risk,” said senior author Sara Neill, MD, MPH, OB/GYN at BIDMC.

Four years after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, the study’s researchers found that state abortion restrictions are rippling through the broader health care system, affecting how physicians manage a range of serious pregnancy-related conditions, not just abortion care.

The new qualitative study, Abortion Bans and Pregnancy-Related Care Across Physician Specialties, A Qualitative Study, published in JAMA Network Open, reveals that physicians across specialties are increasingly weighing legal risk alongside clinical judgment, sometimes delaying treatment or deviating from standard medical practice as a result. Read the full story here.