Our Work in the Media
IndyStar - 9/27/2024 - Opinion: I Am an OB-GYN. States with Abortion Bans are Harming People
SOPRA findings about OB-GYNs’ moral distress were cited in this opinion piece.
Energy & Commerce Committee Democrats - August 2024 - ‘It Will Only Get Worse’ How the Dobbs Decision will Decimate Reproductive Healthcare for Generations
SOPRA findings about the impacts of ‘aiding and abetting’ clauses on clinical practice were cited in this congressional committee report.
The Nation - 4/17/2024 - Fearing Legal Threats, Doctors are Performing C-Sections in Lieu of Abortions
SOPRA findings regarding OB-GYNs’ fears of legal consequences for offering medically necessary abortion care were cited in this The Nation article.
Salon - 4/7/2024 - Mount Everest Was the Riskiest Place I Had Practiced Medicine Until I Became an OB/GYN in the South
SOPRA findings about OB-GYNs’ moral distress were cited in this personal essay by OB-GYN Mimi Zieman.
Texas Monthly - 2/7/2024 - Kate Cox’s Doctor is Still Fighting to Provide Emergency Abortions, Despite Legal Threats
Findings from our publication in JAMA Network Open were cited in this news article.
NPR - 2/23/2024 - Obstetricians in States Where Abortion is Mostly Legal Face Huge Amounts of Stress
PI Erika Sabbath and co-I Kavita Arora were interviewed by NPR correspondent Katia Riddle about SOPRA findings.
CBS17 - 2/14/2024 - How Do Abortions Bans Affect Doctors? UNC and Duke Experts Provide Perspective
PI Mara Buchbinder was interviewed by CBS17 correspondent Maggie Newland about the impacts of state abortion bans on OB-GYNs’ health and professional wellbeing.
The Guardian - 1/22/2024 - ‘They Hate God’: US Anti-Abortion Activists Aim to Fight Back on 51st Roe Anniversary
SOPRA findings about how state-level abortion bans impede the clinical standard of care were cited in this The Guardian article.
The Charlotte Observer - 1/17/2024 - Our Research Shows a New Texas Abortion Ruling Could Have a Negative Impact in NC
PIs Mara Buchbinder and Erika Sabbath and co-I Kavita Arora published an op-ed in The Charlotte Observer discussing a Texas judicial ruling about emergency abortion services.
Yahoo Life - 1/17/2024 - New Study Sheds Light on How Abortion Restrictions Impact OB-GYNs’ Ability to Practice Medicine and Put Patients’ Lives at Risk
SOPRA findings were summarized in this Yahoo Life article.