What the End of Roe v. Wade Will Mean for Doctors

Plus: what made Washington, D.C., the “gayest and most antigay city in America”; the L.A. County sheriff’s rogue-deputy crisis; and eavesdropping at a Mets game. View in browser | Update your preferences Tuesday, May 31, 2022 In today’s newsletter: • What made D.C. the “gayest and most antigay city in America” • The L.A. County sheriff’s rogue-deputy crisis • Eavesdropping at a Mets game What the End of Roe v. Wade Will Mean for the Next Generation of Obstetricians An aspiring ob-gyn’s views on abortion might determine what training she seeks out, which specialities she pursues, and where she chooses to live. Illustration by Nicholas Konrad / The New Yorker For some aspiring obstetricians, confronting the intersection of their moral beliefs and their practice is a daily struggle. Even with Roe v. Wade appearing likely to be overturned, pro-life medical residents are considered “countercultural,” Emma Green writes, in her first piece for The New Yorker, and some pro-choice doctors believe that those who object to abortion should “find another line of work.” Green talks to ob-gyn residents on both ends of the spectrum: some who refuse to even learn about abortion and birth control; and others who think that abortion should be legal and are training in family planning. Then, there is a swath of students caught in the middle, who seem, as one student put it, apathetic. But “if Roe falls, abortion will no longer be a question that ob-gyn students and residents can ignore,” Green writes. “It won’t be a question that any doctor can ignore.” —Jessie Li, newsletter editor Read the story If you like the New Yorker Daily, please share it with a friend. Was this newsletter forwarded to you? Sign up here. Read more from our writers on abortion rights and the courts: • Jessica Winter on what’s missing from Samuel Alito’s draft decision • Margaret Talbot on Amy Coney Barrett’s long game • Jill Lepore on what the Constitution has to say about abortion • Jia Tolentino on the idea of fetal personhood Editor’s Picks Letter from Los Angeles The L.A. County Sheriff’s Deputy-Gang Crisis Whistle-blowers say that a group called the Banditos functions as a shadow government within local law enforcement. The sheriff says there is no such gang in his department. By Dana Goodyear Under Review What Made Washington, D.C., the “Gayest and Most Antigay City in America” Life in the nation’s capital during the age when outing became a political weapon. By Michael Waters Culture Dept. The Theatre Daddy Issues in a Pair of Plays James Ijames’s “Fat Ham” and Édouard Louis’s “Who Killed My Father” both feature queer, questioning, father-haunted protagonists. By Vinson Cunningham With the Band A Haute-Cuisine Band Takes On the Music-Festival Circuit At Coachella, Gaggan Anand, the Michelin-starred chef, serves up slow-cooked duck and cedar-grilled barramundi. By Sheila Yasmin Marikar Sketchbook Overheard in New York: Let’s Go (Watch the) Mets Taking in the discourse during America’s pastime. By Jared Nangle Fun & Games Dept. Name Drop Play Today’s Quiz Can you guess the notable person in six clues or fewer? By Liz Maynes-Aminzade Daily Shouts America!: Cookie Monster Reads His Artist’s Statement Me interrogate the confectionary gaze-disrupting pictorial plane with rainbow sprinkles. By Ali Fitzgerald Crossword A Moderately Challenging Puzzle People reading manuals, usually: five letters. By Anna Shechtman Daily Cartoon Tuesday, May 31st By Brooke Bourgeois P.S. Walt Whitman was born on this day in 1819. A few years ago, Jeffrey Yang wrote about the dream of the sea in Whitman’s poetry, and how the ocean influenced his work. As Whitman once wrote in a notebook: Sea-cabbage; salt hay; sea-rushes; ooze—sea-ooze; gluten—sea-gluten; sea-scum; spawn; surf; beach; salt-perfume; mud; sound of walking barefoot ankle deep in the edge of the water by the sea. Today’s newsletter was written by Jessie Li. Thanks for reading. Let us know your thoughts about today’s edition. Plus, browse more newsletters and invite a friend to sign up for The Daily. You’re receiving this e-mail because you signed up for The Daily from The New Yorker. Manage your preferences | View our Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2022. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.