"I Went Into This Field to Empower Other People, and I Feel Like I Failed": Residents Experience Moral Distress Post-.

The 2022 Supreme Court ruling in nullified the constitutional right to abortion, which led to effective bans in at least 14 US states and placed obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN) residents in dilemmas where they may have to withhold care, potentially causing moral distress-a health care workforce phenomenon less understood among resident physicians. To identify and explore moral distress experienced by OB/GYN residents due to care restrictions post-. In 2023, we invited OB/GYN residents, identified by their program directors, training in states with restricted abortion access, to participate in one-on-one, semi-structured interviews via Zoom about their experiences caring for patients post-.