A Reflection on the Limitation of Reproductive Well being Rights in 2022

Maybe probably the most impactful information in well being care—not to mention nationwide politics—this 12 months was the Supreme Courtroom’s vote to overrule Roe v. Wade, thereby altering abortion care protections to a state-level resolution and inflicting disarray and concern to most sufferers and caregivers in maternal-fetal medication and OB/GYN.

Within the newest installment of the This 12 months In Medication 2022 collection, David Hackney, MD, MS, professor of maternal-fetal medication at Case Western Reserve College and chair of the ACOG Ohio Chapter, discusses a litany of state-level impacts in his hoe of Ohio, and the standing of reproductive well being rights as we head into 2023.

The total video interview is on the market above; right here is an besides from Hackney’s dialogue:

“It may be a protracted haul. It may be the lengthy sport, however I do imagine that abortion rights can be reinstated. The constitutional amendments and poll measures have handed in each single state, together with states like Kentucky and Kansas, and different states that are much like Ohio with reference to being purple-ish states. I’ll simply refuse to imagine {that a} legislation as horrible as SB 23, which causes the struggling that [it] causes, [and] that’s opposed by such a big proportion of individuals in Ohio, would have the ability to stay on the books endlessly.

After all, if the injunction is lifted—if it does return into impact—I would like that interval to be as brief as humanly attainable. You at all times are taking part in the lengthy sport. I do imagine that abortion rights can be restored at some future level. We’re actually right here for the lengthy sport to struggle the struggle within the state as nicely.”