Disclosure of Pregnancy-Related Privacy Risks in Clinical Research Post-Dobbs

Ava Glazier1, Willyanne DeCormier Plosky1, Barbara E Bierer1,2

  • 1Multi-Regional Clinical Trials Center of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard, Division of Global Health, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

NEJM Evidence
|February 24, 2026
PubMed
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