Cutler adds perspective to WSJ article about ob-gyn career paths post-Dobbs

An October 2024 article in the Wall Street Journal profiled an Indiana ob-gyn resident deciding where to start their career after training, in light of many states’ abortion restrictions. In the article, Abigail Cutler, MD, MPH, assistant professor in the Division of Academic Specialists in Ob-Gyn and associate program director of the UW Department of Ob-Gyn residency, adds perspective about the shifting landscape of abortion restrictions on training and practice.
““We can’t count on stability of access or training,” said Dr. Abigail Cutler, an OB-GYN at UW Health and professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Despite a court ruling that a 1849 state law doesn’t ban abortions, UW Health’s residency program sends residents to an academic medical center in Illinois for abortion training in case Wisconsin’s laws change.”
The article “A Young Doctor’s Dilemma: Stay Home or Move Where Abortion Is Protected?” was originally published in the Wall Street Journal (subscription required). The full text is available on MSN as well.