The 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision has created significant barriers for ob-gyn residents in states that ban or severely restrict abortion, preventing them from learning essential, evidence-based reproductive health care, including life-saving procedures. As a result, many experience moral distress—the emotional and psychological anguish that occurs when clinicians are unable to act on what they know to be the right course of care. This handout summarizes common ways ob-gyn residents experience moral distress and the strategies they use to mitigate its impact.
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