Kudos to the teams in Indiana who developed a responsible video about human reproduction that is consistent with many states’ “Baby Olivia” laws without being, well, “Baby Olivia”

#Medsky #ReproSky

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3 Years After a Landmark Law, Some Pregnant Workers Still Don’t Get Basic Accommodations

Familiarity with these new(-ish) laws is also a physician responsibility; necessary for us to appropriately advocate for our patients

#Medsky

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/w...

Excellent editorial - the same arguments administrators use for replacing healthcare workers with AI are easily also applied to themselves.

#Medsky

Judge Strikes Down Kennedy’s Vaccine Policies

This is the work of our medical professional organizations

Everyone in healthcare needs to be supporting our medical professional organizations right now

#Medsky

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/h...

They Didn’t Want to Have C-Sections. A Judge Would Decide How They Gave Birth. Two Florida women had to attend virtual court hearings while in labor to argue for their right to choose their own medical care. As their state pushes to expand some types of medical freedom, it has a...

Obstetricians and other healthcare workers:

This should never happen.

It should never happen again at this hospital, it should never happen at any hospital

Full stop

#Medsky #Reprosky

www.propublica.org/article/flor...

#Medsky

Tylenol Orders Down, Leucovorin Scripts Up After Trump's Unproven Claims White House messaging appeared to quickly influence medical practice

Tylenol Prescriptions for pregnant patients fell quickly after the White House press conference…but then have recovered, likely because of the tenacious refutation from experts and professional organizations.

We can make a difference

#Medsky

www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/au...

Only a few days on Goodreads, release is months away, cover art, blurbs and reviews pending

But there appear to be 4 people I don’t know, someone in the world, who already want to read the book, so that’s a start.

Early pregnancy care declines despite Trump’s pro-birth agenda - Salon.com As the Trump admin urges folks to have more kids, new data shows early pregnancy care moving in the wrong direction

Under this administration, there are both reproductive restrictions and decreasing access to prenatal care.

www.salon.com/2026/03/01/e...

Ask Your Colleagues If They Are Part of Their Professional Organizations Years ago, I was sitting in the conference room of a medical professional organization as we awaited the demonstration of a new website. On a large...

Given everything going on right now, everyone needs to be a member of their medical professional organization

Everyone

#MedSky

www.doximity.com/articles/d45...

www.cleveland.com/open/2026/03...

Opinion | Casey Means' Cringey Senate Hearing Should Sink Her Surgeon General Bid The nominee revealed her fundamental confusion between individual healthcare and public health

"Public health policy is fundamentally different than the dynamic driving personal health decisions involving a patient and a provider."

Read the full #OpEd from pediatrician and public health analyst Irwin Redlener, MD, at: www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/...

Unending appreciation to Ohio’s legal teams

Although there is still a long way to go, it is also worth noting that, in the time since our constitutional amendment passed, Ohio is actually now *less* restrictive then before Dobbs

www.cleveland.com/open/2026/02...

Very true

www.cleveland.com/opinion/2026...

Impossible Choices by David N. Hackney: 9780262054706 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books How the overturning of Roe has imperiled high-risk pregnancies—and how to ensure safe patient healthcare in the future. From a leading doctor on the front lines after the Dobbs decision. Doctors...

Available now for pre-order. Release date August 18th. Cover art pending.

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/828106...

There has been much fear mongering and misinformation about SSRIs in pregnancy, including from our federal government

This has consequences

In this study, stopping medications in the first trimester was directly tied to a spike in ER visits for mental health emergencies

#MedSky

My patients are choosing between health insurance and groceries. That’s not a personal failure — that’s policy. Trump’s policy. The GOP’s policy.

Every consequence belongs to them.

Link in comments.

The most powerful part of this new study is that *any* abortion restrictions (waiting periods, biased counseling) are associated with increased rates of maternal death.

Because abortion is lifesaving, are barriers to lifesaving therapy leads to death.

#MedSky

www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcover...

No Link Between COVID Shot in Pregnancy and Kids' Autism Symptoms Study adds to mounting data supporting the safety and efficacy of COVID vaccination in pregnancy

No association between maternal COVID vaccination and childhood neurologic outcomes in large study presented at SMFM, further cementing safety in pregnancy.

#MedHub

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Opinion | These Aren't the Ob/Gyn Droids We're Looking For Oz's recent comments missed the mark, but obstetric telerobotics is worth considering

In an #OpEd, @davidnhackney.bsky.social, asked whether two things can be true at once: Even if Oz’s comments missed the mark, could #ob/gyn telerobotics still merit serious consideration?
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

Opinion | These Aren't the Ob/Gyn Droids We're Looking For Oz's recent comments missed the mark, but obstetric telerobotics is worth considering

My new piece for @medpagetoday.com, in which “Ob” Wan battles ultrasound droids through sand-swept maternity deserts

#MedSky

@gfriedman.bsky.social

www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

Open letter from our major medical professional organizations on the crisis in Minnesota

#MedSky

www.groupof6.org/dam/AAFP/doc...

Meet the OB-GYNs fighting back against Trump’s ‘guerrilla war on science’ As some medical groups cave to the Trump administration, the American College of OB-GYNs is taking a stand

“As some medical groups cave to the Trump administration, the American College of OB-GYNs is taking a stand”

From COVID to Dobbs to now I will always be proud of my professional organization during these time.

#MedSky

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Measles cases jump again in South Carolina, rising to more than 550 Reported measles cases in South Carolina surged by almost 30% in the last few days, state health officials said Friday.

This number should be zero.

There should be zero cases of measles right now in South Caroline

Any number that is not zero is not acceptable

#MedSky

www.statnews.com/2026/01/16/m...

Ohio appeals court sends lawsuit related to abortion ban back to trial court • Ohio Capital Journal An Ohio appeals court rejected efforts to completely undo a state law connected to the six-week abortion ban, but left untouched the ruling that struck down the ban itself.

Endless appreciation to all of the legal teams working on behalf of our state

ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/12/o...

How much does pregnancy age a person?

Our biologic age differs from our chronologic age. In a fascinating new study of epigenetic changes:

1 pregnancy = 5+ years of biologic aging

So states with abortion bans are forcibly aging people five years

#MedSky

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Excellent reporting on the ongoing issues facing our state

'Freebirth' Movement Is Dangerous to Moms but Reflects Real Concerns, Ob/Gyns Say Recent investigation sparks conversation about freebirth, autonomy, and distrust in medicine

Capitalizing on medical distrust, some influencers are selling guides to "freebirths" (medically unassisted births) and "wild pregnancies" (pregnancies without prenatal care). @davidnhackney.bsky.social @rachrobertson.bsky.social
www.medpagetoday.com/obgyn/pregna...

Feels like a reasonable time to re-post this.

Opinion | ACIP Is Now Obsolete. Here's Where Medicine Can Look Instead. We can await the panel's recommendations, or we can move in a better direction now

My thoughts on this week’s dangerous & incompetent ACIP meeting.

Right now, we can all work to keep medicine aligned instead with expertise

Appreciation to @medpagetoday.com & @gfriedman.bsky.social

#MedSky

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