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What was the Dobbs decision and how did it instantly change abortion rights in the U.S.?
On june twenty fourth, twenty twenty two, the United States Supreme Court issued the Dobbs decision. Overnight, Americans lost the protections on abortion care that Roe vs. Wade had afforded for almost 50 years. Soon afterward, the nocturnist began talking to abortion providers around the country.
I was in my office and I was getting up to go see a patient and I got that alert.
How did frontline doctors react emotionally when they first learned Roe v. Wade was overturned?
I was like holding back tears when I walked in to go see this patient, got out of there, and went back to my office and I cried. in that moment that person is looking at you like, Why can't you help me? They don't need to reckon with the state and this law and who passed it and who introduced it and that's not important to them. You're a doctor, help me. Calls to the hotline just started coming in one after another after another after another.
Why did patients start flooding hotlines and clinics for help after the decision?
People were sitting in the parking lot or they were sitting in the clinic waiting room and they wanted to know what they could do. It it's chaos. It's chaos and confusion. sometimes we're asked like what do you think abortion looks like in ten years? And it's like, Holy moly auto, ten years.
What immediate concerns do providers have for the next six months of post‑Roe care?
I'm worried about what it looks like in six months.
What can we learn from the providers at the heart of this crisis? What kinds of choices did they face? And what was the fallout for them and their communities? From the award-winning healthcare storytelling podcast, The Nocturnists, comes Post-Row America, a seven-episode series featuring the stories of abortion providers from Texas to Tennessee, Oklahoma to Ohio, and beyond.
How will the upcoming Post‑Roe America series explore the choices and fallout for abortion providers?
I didn't learn this in residency. I didn't learn what it would be like to be a doctor in a true geopolitical crisis.
First episode drops September twenty first. See you then.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What was the Dobbs decision and how did it instantly change abortion rights in the U.S.?
0:03–0:25
2
How did frontline doctors react emotionally when they first learned Roe v. Wade was overturned?
0:25–0:49
3
Why did patients start flooding hotlines and clinics for help after the decision?
0:49–1:02
4
What immediate concerns do providers have for the next six months of post‑Roe care?
1:02–1:26
5
How will the upcoming Post‑Roe America series explore the choices and fallout for abortion providers?
1:26–1:37