Top in women's health: Dobbs impacts OB/GYN residents; mammograms may predict CVD risk

After the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision led abortion clinics in Wisconsin to close, OB/GYN residents living in the state participated in an out-of-state training partnership to obtain abortion training.

Healio spoke with an expert about how the Dobbs decision has impacted OB/GYN trainee education and the hurdles in setting up the partnership.

“Residents have seen firsthand what happens to patients when they cannot access comprehensive reproductive health care, including abortion care,” Abigail Cutler, MD, an OB/GYN at UW Health and assistant professor in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, told Healio. “They will not stand for it. Our residents are willing to go extra lengths to receive this training out of state.”

It was the top story in women’s health last week.

In another top story, researchers found an association between presence of breast arterial calcifications on routine mammograms and freedom from an atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease event.

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