The Dobbs Decision: How Will It Impact Children and Pediatric Practice?

Monday, May 1, 2023

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

Location: Convention Center: 147 AB

CE: Live CME: 1.50

Selected By: SAHM
Co-sponsored By: AAP SoNPM, AAP

Chair(s)

David Keller, MD (he/him/his)

Professor
Pediatrics
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Aurora, Colorado, United States
SB

Susan Baker, MD, PhD (she/her/hers)

Professor of Pediatrics
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York, United States

Disclosure(s):

David M. Keller, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Susan S. Baker, MD, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose

Session

Description: In 2022, the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health System upended 50 years of legal precedents, with important implications for many aspects of the health care of children and youth. Drs. Keller and Baker will moderate the panel which will outline the legal implications of the Dobbs decision and discuss how changes in the law will likely impact practice for our youngest and oldest patients. Professor Naomi Cahn of the University of Virginia Law School will open by outlining the basics of Dobbs decision, the ways in which Dobbs has been applied in different parts of the country, impacting everything from in vitro fertilization to parental notification. Dr. Lorch will then delve into ways in which pediatricians and neonatologists have or will need to change their practice as a result of the rapidly changing legal framework. Finally, Drs.Gordon and Coyne-Beasley will discuss the profound impact of Dobbs on the practice of adolescent medicine. Following the presentations, we will engage in questions within the panel and with the audience.

Learning Objectives:

Explain 3 ways in which the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson has changed the legal framework for women's reproductive health services.
Discuss the implications of the Dobbs decision on practice in the delivery room, nursery and NICU.
Discuss the ways in which practitioners may have to alter practice in their care of adolescent patients because of the Dobbs decision.

Presentations:

8:00 AM – 8:15 AM ET

What is the Dobbs decision, and how does it change the “settled law”?
Speaker: Naomi Cahn, J.D., LL.M. – University of Virginia School of Law
8:15 AM – 8:30 AM ET

What are the likely implications for infant and maternal care and mortality?
Speaker: Scott A. Lorch, MD, MSCE (he/him/his) – The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia/University of Pennsylvnaia
8:30 AM – 8:45 AM ET

What are the likely implications for adolescent medicine practice? (Part 1)
Speaker: Catherine M. Gordon, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – Baylor College of Medicine
8:45 AM – 9:00 AM ET

What are the likely implications for adolescent medicine practice? (Part 2)
Speaker: Tamera Coyne-Beasley, MD, MPH – University of Alabama at Birmingham