David Hackney
@davidnhackney.bsky.social
Maternal Fetal Medicine physician in Ohio, non-fiction writer My book “Impossible Choices” is available for pre-order: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262054706/impossible-choices/
“Impossible Choices” received its first formal review from the notoriously independent, often brutally honest, Kirkus, fantastically receiving a verdict of “Get It” #ReproSky #Medsky
MIT Press@mitpress.bsky.social · 4d ago"A sensitive, wide-ranging, and deeply thoughtful examination of the consequences of abortion bans." @davidnhackney.bsky.social's "Impossible Choices" is reviewed in Kirkus.
Honored to have a central chapter of “Impossible Choices” excerpted in @autonomynews.co For folks new to Autonomy News, it’s paywall-free, ad-free, worker-owned coverage of reproductive freedoms, i.e. exactly what we all need right now. @mitpress.bsky.social #ReproSky
Autonomy News@autonomynews.co · last wk.Most abortion ban "exceptions" aren't exceptions at all, explains @davidnhackney.bsky.social in this excerpt from his new book. These "crumbs of autonomy" only provide doctors with a potential defense against criminal charges—not actual protection.
Lively conversation with friend and colleague @drkristin4wi.bsky.social about our field of obstetrics after Dobbs. Thanks for having me on your show! #Medsky #ReproSky podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
High-Risk Pregnancy After Roe: Dr. David Hackney on the Impossible Choices Doctors Face
Podcast Episode · The Dr. Kristin Lyerly Show · September 4 · 49m
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For the short Goodreads blog on influences for “Impossible Choices”, my book about obstetrics after Dobbs, my 5th & final entry is Camus’ The Plague & how this classic novel relates to physicians under abortion bans today. Blog link in first comment #nonfiction #BookSky #ReproSky
For the Goodreads blog on influences for “Impossible Choices”, my book about obstetrics after Dobbs, the third book is: Next: Sarah Bakewell’s “At the Existentialist Café” Blog link in first comment #nonfiction #BookSky
I’ve started a Goodreads blog on influences for “Impossible Choices”, my book about obstetrics after Dobbs. Not being a writer originally, I didn’t initially know how to begin, so turned to these books. Next up: Dr. Karkowsky’s “High Risk” Blog link in first comment #nonfiction #BookSky
I’ve started a Goodreads blog on influences for “Impossible Choices”, my book about obstetrics after Dobbs. Not being a writer originally, I didn’t initially know how to begin, so turned to these books. 1st: Dr. Danielle Ofri’s “What Doctors Feel” Blog link in first comment #nonfiction #booksky
Dr. David Hackney practices maternal-fetal medicine in Cleveland. His new book is "Impossible Choices: A Physician's Guidance on High-Risk Pregnancy in a World Without Roe." He talks about the tragic impact of abortion bans on patients with high-risk pregnancies.
'Impossible Choices': A Cleveland doctor offers guidance on high-risk pregnancies after Dobbs
Dr. David Hackney says he wants the public to know about the impact abortion bans have had on maternal-fetal medicine specialists and what they mean for patients.
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This week, two books published on the exact same day... With the exact same title... Through the exact same distributor. Mine explores the harrowing landscape of high-risk obstetrics post-Dobbs The other is a wacky activity book for kids I hope they do not get mixed up #BookSky
New essay for @medpagetoday.com, outlining the common frustration of numerous MFMs and Obs. @gfriedman.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social #Medsky www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Opinion | The Doctors Who 'Don't See Pregnant Patients'
Neither pregnancy nor abortion are siloed
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For launch day, was thrilled to have this excerpt in the MIT Press Reader. I particularly loved the graphic of the judicial hammer fashioned from a home test. #MedSky thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/i-know-the-c...
I Know the Cost of Indecision in Abortion Care. Dobbs Made It Worse.
Maternal-fetal medicine doctors should not be forced to choose between saving patients’ lives and protecting themselves from criminal jeopardy.
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Journalist Amy Eddings has been on the front lines of Ohio’s reproductive rights story from the beginning. Thus I was honored by her deep reading of “Impossible Choices” and our interview on Ideastream, Ohio Public Radio. #ReproSky #MedSky www.ideastream.org/health/2026-...
'Impossible Choices': A Cleveland doctor offers guidance on high-risk pregnancies after Dobbs
Dr. David Hackney says he wants the public to know about the impact abortion bans have had on maternal-fetal medicine specialists and what they mean for patients.
ideastream.org
I also wish it didn't need to exist, though if needed then glad to have written it. #Medsky #ReproSky #nonfiction
Elizabeth Lanphier@ethicselizabeth.bsky.social · 2mo agoWhat a cool book to find in my mailbox! Wish it didn’t have to be written, but glad @davidnhackney.bsky.social is the one to write it right here from Ohio.
Ohio friends, excited for my upcoming book event at the beautiful Loganberry Books and honored to be joined by both Planned Parenthood and Cleveland’s independent PRETERM clinic. #ReproSky www.eventbrite.com/e/dr-david-h...
Dr. David Hackney: IMPOSSIBLE CHOICES with Planned Parenthood + Preterm
Dr David Hackney launches his new book IMPOSSIBLE CHOICES: A Physician's Guide to High-Risk Pregnancy in a World Without Roe
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Boston-area colleagues and friends: Harvard Book Store is having an event for “Impossible Choices” on August 18th, with Dr Cloe Zera, MFM Division Chief at Beth Israel, and I in conversation about high-risk obstetrics following Dobbs. #Medsky #ReproSky www.harvard.com/event/david-...
Dr. David N. Hackney at Harvard Book Store
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Kudos to the teams in Indiana who developed a responsible video about human reproduction that is consistent with many states’ “Baby Olivia” laws without being, well, “Baby Olivia” #Medsky #ReproSky hcet.org/hgd-videos/?...
HGD Videos - Health Care Education & Training
Health Care Education and Training (HCET) developed the Human Growth and Development During Pregnancy and Early Fetal Development Through Ultrasounds videos
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Familiarity with these new(-ish) laws is also a physician responsibility; necessary for us to appropriately advocate for our patients #Medsky www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/w...
3 Years After a Landmark Law, Some Pregnant Workers Still Don’t Get Basic Accommodations
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Excellent editorial - the same arguments administrators use for replacing healthcare workers with AI are easily also applied to themselves. #Medsky
MedPage Today@medpagetoday.com · 6mo ago"But if AI is only transformative for other people's jobs, then this is not a technology argument. It is a power argument wearing a technology argument's clothes." Read the #OpEd from radiologist and entrepreneur Waseem Ullah, MD, at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/120627
This is the work of our medical professional organizations Everyone in healthcare needs to be supporting our medical professional organizations right now #Medsky www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/h...
Judge Strikes Down Kennedy’s Vaccine Policies
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Obstetricians and other healthcare workers: This should never happen. It should never happen again at this hospital, it should never happen at any hospital Full stop #Medsky #Reprosky www.propublica.org/article/flor...
They Didn’t Want to Have C-Sections. A Judge Would Decide How They Gave Birth.
Two Florida women had to attend virtual court hearings while in labor to argue for their right to choose their own medical care. As their state pushes to expand some types of medical freedom, it has a...
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Tylenol Prescriptions for pregnant patients fell quickly after the White House press conference…but then have recovered, likely because of the tenacious refutation from experts and professional organizations. We can make a difference #Medsky www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/au...
Tylenol Orders Down, Leucovorin Scripts Up After Trump's Unproven Claims
White House messaging appeared to quickly influence medical practice
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Only a few days on Goodreads, release is months away, cover art, blurbs and reviews pending But there appear to be 4 people I don’t know, someone in the world, who already want to read the book, so that’s a start.
Under this administration, there are both reproductive restrictions and decreasing access to prenatal care. www.salon.com/2026/03/01/e...
Early pregnancy care declines despite Trump’s pro-birth agenda - Salon.com
As the Trump admin urges folks to have more kids, new data shows early pregnancy care moving in the wrong direction
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Given everything going on right now, everyone needs to be a member of their medical professional organization Everyone #MedSky www.doximity.com/articles/d45...
Ask Your Colleagues If They Are Part of Their Professional Organizations
Years ago, I was sitting in the conference room of a medical professional organization as we awaited the demonstration of a new website. On a large...
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"Public health policy is fundamentally different than the dynamic driving personal health decisions involving a patient and a provider." Read the full #OpEd from pediatrician and public health analyst Irwin Redlener, MD, at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/120089
Opinion | Casey Means' Cringey Senate Hearing Should Sink Her Surgeon General Bid
The nominee revealed her fundamental confusion between individual healthcare and public health
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Unending appreciation to Ohio’s legal teams Although there is still a long way to go, it is also worth noting that, in the time since our constitutional amendment passed, Ohio is actually now *less* restrictive then before Dobbs www.cleveland.com/open/2026/02...
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