Opinion: OB-GYN board certification shouldn’t require traveling to Texas, a state hostile to abortion and abortion providers
Taking the oral examination is the final step in becoming a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist (OB-GYN). It is a challenge in the best of circumstances.
But instead of worrying about how to respond to questions about the management of uterine cancers or peripartum hemorrhage, test candidates are worried about the legal risks of taking this exam, which must be done in Dallas, home of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG). Texas is the state that proudly passed Senate Bill 8, a strict anti-abortion law that demonstrates increasingly hostile laws against medical providers in that state.
