BOOK
"HIGH RISK: A DOCTOR'S NOTES ON PREGNANCY, BIRTH, AND THE UNEXPECTED"
NOW OUT FROM LIVERIGHT (W.W. NORTON & COMPANY)
March 2020
This book was written to discuss all the ways that our society doesn't realistically talk about women's reproductive health - including pregnancy, contraception, pregnancy termination, and more - and all that we miss because we don't. In it, there are stories of birth, and of complications, and of loss. There are stories of how our medical system saves us, and fails us. There are stories of unconditional love and also of boundless tragedy, and often the same story has both.
My work in high-risk pregnancy grants me access to a corner of the world that is full of extraordinary and complicated experiences, ones that ask women and their families to be stronger, braver, and more vulnerable than most of us know. I wrote this book because those stories deserve thought and attention; and because we are all richer for knowing them.
OTHER WRITING
AS A HIGH-RISK OBSTETRICIAN, I’M USED TO MAKING TOUGH DECISIONS. THEN PREGNANT WOMEN SHOWED UP WITH COVID-19.
June 2020
NEW ABORTION LAWS ARE ESPECIALLY CRUEL TO MY PATIENTS WITH HIGH-RISK PREGNANCIES
WASHINGTON POST
May 2019
WILLIE PARKER’S MORAL ARGUMENT FOR CHOICE MADE ME A BETTER DOCTOR
SLATE MAGAZINE
May 2017
ZIKA AND HOLIDAY TRAVEL: SHOULD YOU DELAY YOUR HOLIDAY TRIP?
US NEWS & WORLD REPORT
December 2016
ZIKA’S ARRIVED—AMERICA NEEDS TO QUIT YAWNING AND PAY ATTENTION TO WOMEN’S HEALTH
THE DAILY BEAST
June 2016
THE BIG QUESTION: DO PREGNANT WOMEN NEED THE FLU SHOT?
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
December 2015
“CAN I CELEBRATE MOTHER’S DAY?”:
HOW MY PATIENTS FACE THE HOLIDAY AFTER A MISCARRIAGE
SLATE MAGAZINE
May 2015
PREGNANT WORKERS’ RIGHTS:
IT’S ILLEGAL TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST PREGNANT WOMEN. BUT EMPLOYERS OFTEN DO
WITH LIZ MORRIS, JD
SLATE MAGAZINE
March 2015
ENDLESS BLOOD:
HOW SMART USE OF AN OLD TECHNOLOGY IS SAVING WOMEN’S LIVES
SLATE MAGAZINE
November 2014
THE LIMITS OF THE ARTIFICIAL WOMB:
FUTURISTIC REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES CAN’T FIX THESE COMMON PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS
SLATE MAGAZINE
Novmeber 2014
SORRY YOU WERE TRICKED INTO A C-SECTION:
WHAT DISAPPROVING FRIENDS DON’T UNDERSTAND ABOUT CESAREAN BIRTHS
SLATE MAGAZINE
July 2014
SECOND-TRIMESTER TRAGEDY:
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN MY PATIENTS LOSE AN ALMOST-VIABLE PREGNANCY
SLATE MAGAZINE
January 2014
