77: Physicians have an obligation to get into "good trouble"

First Opinion Podcast

Just days after the end of Roe v. Wade, Caitlin Bernard, an OB/GYN in Indiana, told the Indianapolis Star a heartbreaking story: She had recently been asked to perform an abortion on a 10-year-old Ohio girl who had been raped. In late May, the Indiana Medical Licensing Board held a hearing on Bernard. While they did not revoke her license, they fined Bernard $3,000 and issued a letter of reprimand, saying that by speaking out, she had violated the 10-year-old girl’s privacy. This week, Gabriel Bosslet and Tracey Wilkinson, who are both friends and colleagues of Bernard, talk about her story, its lessons for physicians, and why advocacy is a professional responsibility.