Cutler, Hartenbach publish Perspective article on post-Dobbs training in NEJM

Abigail Cutler, MD, MPH, assistant professor in the Division of Academic Specialists in Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Ellen Hartenbach, MD, chair of the UW Department of Ob-Gyn, recently co-authored a new article published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

In “Dobbs Revisited — Addressing Effects on Resident Training in Obstetrics and Gynecology,” Cutler and Hartenbach walked through their experience post-Dobbs to create a program for third-year residents to obtain necessary abortion training in Illinois. They also discussed how recent legislation from December 2023 reopened the possibility to train residents in-state, but that this ruling is under appeal and thus still uncertain.

“Our experiences aren’t unique: a substantial proportion of Ob/Gyn residents are training in states with abortion bans or major restrictions on abortion … training partnerships can make a difference, but they cannot be the sole solution; the financial and logistic barriers are high, and host programs are stretched thin already — by trainees seeking education and by patients seeking care,” the duo said.

You can read the full article here.

**by Ob-Gyn Communications Intern Paige Stevenson