Larson, Jacques, Hanks co-author article in Wisconsin Medical Journal

UW Department of Ob-Gyn resident Jeannette Larson, MD, PGY-3, Laura Jacques, MD, associate professor in the Division of Academic Specialists in Ob-Gyn, and Laura Hanks, MD, clinical assistant professor in the Division of Academic Specialists in Ob-Gyn, co-authored a new article published in the Wisconsin Medical Journal. Co-authors included Camille Phillips and Amy Godecker, PhD.

In “Sterilization Rates of Pregnancy-Capable People at a Single Institution in Wisconsin Before and After Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization,” the authors used retrospective cohort data to examine the rate of tubal sterilizations from 2016-2022 to the rates of sterilization from 2022-2023, the first year after the Dobbs decision.

“There was an increase in the rate of interval sterilization procedures for pregnancy-capable people – particularly among younger and nulliparous patients – at a single academic institution in Wisconsin in the year following the Dobbs decision.”

Read the full article here.

**by Ob-Gyn Communications Intern Paige Stevenson