David Hackney
@davidnhackney.bsky.social
Maternal Fetal Medicine physician in Ohio.
Am College of Ob/Gyn DV Legislative Chair
Ohio Physicians for Repro Rights
www.nytimes.com/by/david-n--hackney
Interests in maternal and infant health, preterm birth, evidence-based medicine, teaching
Am College of Ob/Gyn DV Legislative Chair
Ohio Physicians for Repro Rights
www.nytimes.com/by/david-n--hackney
Interests in maternal and infant health, preterm birth, evidence-based medicine, teaching
The Ohio House Education Committee will be holding opposition testimony to the “Baby Olivia” Act this Thursday.
Written opposition testimony can be submitted through the link
content.govdelivery.com/accounts/OHH...
Written opposition testimony can be submitted through the link
content.govdelivery.com/accounts/OHH...
House Education Committee 11.13.25
content.govdelivery.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The Ohio House Education Committee will be holding opposition testimony to the “Baby Olivia” Act this Thursday.
Written opposition testimony can be submitted through the link
content.govdelivery.com/accounts/OHH...
Written opposition testimony can be submitted through the link
content.govdelivery.com/accounts/OHH...
Few things in medicine have the same existential disconnect between our widespread opinions against routine, low-risk continuous FHT monitoring and our near-filial adherence
#MedSky
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#MedSky
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The ‘Worst Test in Medicine’ is Driving America’s High C-Section Rate
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Few things in medicine have the same existential disconnect between our widespread opinions against routine, low-risk continuous FHT monitoring and our near-filial adherence
#MedSky
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#MedSky
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Unfortunately one can elucidate the structure of DNA while also failing to understand how to be a decent human being
James Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
James Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
James Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97
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November 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Unfortunately one can elucidate the structure of DNA while also failing to understand how to be a decent human being
James Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
James Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
In clinic today every patient who was pregnant with diabetes & reliant upon SNAP for food had their payments discontinued over the weekend
I hope Trump is enjoying the White House’s opulent new marble bathroom
I hope Trump is enjoying the White House’s opulent new marble bathroom
November 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
In clinic today every patient who was pregnant with diabetes & reliant upon SNAP for food had their payments discontinued over the weekend
I hope Trump is enjoying the White House’s opulent new marble bathroom
I hope Trump is enjoying the White House’s opulent new marble bathroom
Currently there’s no reason to believe our federal government will spare pregnant patients from what may come
Losing SNAP could mean more pregnancy complications as food insecurity grows ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/31/r...
Losing SNAP could mean more pregnancy complications as food insecurity grows ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/31/r...
Losing SNAP could mean more pregnancy complications as food insecurity grows • Ohio Capital Journal
Millions nationwide could be cut off from access to government food assistance Saturday due to the shutdown, including those who are pregnant or have babies and young children. That possibility brings...
ohiocapitaljournal.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Currently there’s no reason to believe our federal government will spare pregnant patients from what may come
Losing SNAP could mean more pregnancy complications as food insecurity grows ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/31/r...
Losing SNAP could mean more pregnancy complications as food insecurity grows ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/31/r...
In the next weeks, doctors should be alert to starvation.
Starvation can be a surprisingly difficult diagnosis, as both food insecurity can be embarrassing & undisclosed but also the early medical manifestations can be subtle.
Unexplained lab or electrolyte changes?
Ask about food.
#MedSky
Starvation can be a surprisingly difficult diagnosis, as both food insecurity can be embarrassing & undisclosed but also the early medical manifestations can be subtle.
Unexplained lab or electrolyte changes?
Ask about food.
#MedSky
November 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
In the next weeks, doctors should be alert to starvation.
Starvation can be a surprisingly difficult diagnosis, as both food insecurity can be embarrassing & undisclosed but also the early medical manifestations can be subtle.
Unexplained lab or electrolyte changes?
Ask about food.
#MedSky
Starvation can be a surprisingly difficult diagnosis, as both food insecurity can be embarrassing & undisclosed but also the early medical manifestations can be subtle.
Unexplained lab or electrolyte changes?
Ask about food.
#MedSky
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Call the two Democrats who are about to vote for this map -- tell them to fight for #Ohio or get out of office:
Senator Nickie Antonio:
📲 614-466-5123
📧 Antonio@OhioSenate.gov
State Rep Dani Isaacsohn:
📲 614-466-5786
📧 Rep24@OhioHouse.gov
davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap...
Senator Nickie Antonio:
📲 614-466-5123
📧 Antonio@OhioSenate.gov
State Rep Dani Isaacsohn:
📲 614-466-5786
📧 Rep24@OhioHouse.gov
davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap...
October 30, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Call the two Democrats who are about to vote for this map -- tell them to fight for #Ohio or get out of office:
Senator Nickie Antonio:
📲 614-466-5123
📧 Antonio@OhioSenate.gov
State Rep Dani Isaacsohn:
📲 614-466-5786
📧 Rep24@OhioHouse.gov
davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap...
Senator Nickie Antonio:
📲 614-466-5123
📧 Antonio@OhioSenate.gov
State Rep Dani Isaacsohn:
📲 614-466-5786
📧 Rep24@OhioHouse.gov
davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap...
Reposted by David Hackney
"As doctors, we know that fear can be stronger than data."
In an #OpEd, @acog.org president Steven Fleischman, MD, MBA, writes on "misleading warnings from the government" about acetaminophen and their effect on patients.
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
In an #OpEd, @acog.org president Steven Fleischman, MD, MBA, writes on "misleading warnings from the government" about acetaminophen and their effect on patients.
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Opinion | ACOG President: Changing Tylenol's Label Will Drive Baseless Fear
Here's how to discuss the acetaminophen-autism controversy with pregnant patients
www.medpagetoday.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
"As doctors, we know that fear can be stronger than data."
In an #OpEd, @acog.org president Steven Fleischman, MD, MBA, writes on "misleading warnings from the government" about acetaminophen and their effect on patients.
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
In an #OpEd, @acog.org president Steven Fleischman, MD, MBA, writes on "misleading warnings from the government" about acetaminophen and their effect on patients.
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Medical misinformation and frivolous litigation form a perfect union as they are cut from the same cloth of factual obfuscation interwoven with emotional appeals
#MedSky
Texas Sues Tylenol Makers, Claiming They Hid Autism Risks www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/h...
#MedSky
Texas Sues Tylenol Makers, Claiming They Hid Autism Risks www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/h...
Texas Sues Tylenol Makers, Claiming They Hid Autism Risks
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Medical misinformation and frivolous litigation form a perfect union as they are cut from the same cloth of factual obfuscation interwoven with emotional appeals
#MedSky
Texas Sues Tylenol Makers, Claiming They Hid Autism Risks www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/h...
#MedSky
Texas Sues Tylenol Makers, Claiming They Hid Autism Risks www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/h...
More professional medical organizations in more fields should also be issuing best practices for advocacy and misinformation mitigation
#MedSky
#MedSky
"Laws, judicial rulings, and medical beliefs can be as beneficial or harmful as the medications we prescribe." -- @davidnhackney.bsky.social, of Case Western Reserve University, after @acog.org urged physicians to fight contraception #misinformation.
www.medpagetoday.com/obgyn/genera...
www.medpagetoday.com/obgyn/genera...
Ob/Gyns Urged to Fight Contraception Misinformation
False information about contraception abounds; physicians can help correct the narrative
www.medpagetoday.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:26 PM
More professional medical organizations in more fields should also be issuing best practices for advocacy and misinformation mitigation
#MedSky
#MedSky
Appreciation to Ohio Senator Ken Smith in meeting with our ACOG delegation; a stalwart supporter of physicians, patients and public health
October 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Appreciation to Ohio Senator Ken Smith in meeting with our ACOG delegation; a stalwart supporter of physicians, patients and public health
Well…Ohio now also has “Baby Olivia” legislation in submission.
It’s been defeated before in other states, we can defeat it here
www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/...
It’s been defeated before in other states, we can defeat it here
www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/...
House Bill 485 | 136th General Assembly | Ohio Legislature
www.legislature.ohio.gov
October 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Well…Ohio now also has “Baby Olivia” legislation in submission.
It’s been defeated before in other states, we can defeat it here
www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/...
It’s been defeated before in other states, we can defeat it here
www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/...
Reposted by David Hackney
Our series, The Unraveling Safety Net: How a new Medicaid rule strains reproductive health care, launched today. First up: @kelciemmorris.bsky.social and @sofiaresnick.bsky.social on what happened when Texas enacted a similar ban years before Roe fell. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/texa...
Texas advocates see familiar health care turmoil brewing as 'defunding' rule hits rest of the US
First in a five-part series.To some, the warning bells started sounding years ago.
www.newsfromthestates.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Our series, The Unraveling Safety Net: How a new Medicaid rule strains reproductive health care, launched today. First up: @kelciemmorris.bsky.social and @sofiaresnick.bsky.social on what happened when Texas enacted a similar ban years before Roe fell. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/texa...
Ohio HR347, requiring a 24 hr waiting period before abortion, has a hearing tomorrow.
But Ohio already has a waiting period law…
which has been ruled unconstitutional…
so this is redundant…
So why the hearing?
Cynical political theater
ohiohouse.gov/legislation/...
But Ohio already has a waiting period law…
which has been ruled unconstitutional…
so this is redundant…
So why the hearing?
Cynical political theater
ohiohouse.gov/legislation/...
House Bill 347 | 136th General Assembly | Ohio House of Representatives
ohiohouse.gov
September 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Ohio HR347, requiring a 24 hr waiting period before abortion, has a hearing tomorrow.
But Ohio already has a waiting period law…
which has been ruled unconstitutional…
so this is redundant…
So why the hearing?
Cynical political theater
ohiohouse.gov/legislation/...
But Ohio already has a waiting period law…
which has been ruled unconstitutional…
so this is redundant…
So why the hearing?
Cynical political theater
ohiohouse.gov/legislation/...
Tylenol is not proven to cause autism or ADHD
So if you’re pregnant & require relief from pain, relieve yourself of pain
Ignore President Trump
Ignore RFK Jr
Don’t suffer pointlessly from the opinions of two old men eminently devoid of medical expertise
#MedSky
So if you’re pregnant & require relief from pain, relieve yourself of pain
Ignore President Trump
Ignore RFK Jr
Don’t suffer pointlessly from the opinions of two old men eminently devoid of medical expertise
#MedSky
September 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Tylenol is not proven to cause autism or ADHD
So if you’re pregnant & require relief from pain, relieve yourself of pain
Ignore President Trump
Ignore RFK Jr
Don’t suffer pointlessly from the opinions of two old men eminently devoid of medical expertise
#MedSky
So if you’re pregnant & require relief from pain, relieve yourself of pain
Ignore President Trump
Ignore RFK Jr
Don’t suffer pointlessly from the opinions of two old men eminently devoid of medical expertise
#MedSky
My thoughts on this week’s dangerous & incompetent ACIP meeting.
Right now, we can all work to keep medicine aligned instead with expertise
Appreciation to @medpagetoday.com & @gfriedman.bsky.social
#MedSky
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Right now, we can all work to keep medicine aligned instead with expertise
Appreciation to @medpagetoday.com & @gfriedman.bsky.social
#MedSky
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Opinion | ACIP Is Now Obsolete. Here's Where Medicine Can Look Instead.
We can await the panel's recommendations, or we can move in a better direction now
www.medpagetoday.com
September 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
My thoughts on this week’s dangerous & incompetent ACIP meeting.
Right now, we can all work to keep medicine aligned instead with expertise
Appreciation to @medpagetoday.com & @gfriedman.bsky.social
#MedSky
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Right now, we can all work to keep medicine aligned instead with expertise
Appreciation to @medpagetoday.com & @gfriedman.bsky.social
#MedSky
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Reposted by David Hackney
Acetaminophen remains a safe pain relief option during pregnancy. Despite recent unfounded claims, there’s no clear evidence linking prudent use to fetal development issues. ACOG's guidance remains. When needed in pregnancy, acetaminophen should be used in moderation, after consulting a doctor.
September 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Acetaminophen remains a safe pain relief option during pregnancy. Despite recent unfounded claims, there’s no clear evidence linking prudent use to fetal development issues. ACOG's guidance remains. When needed in pregnancy, acetaminophen should be used in moderation, after consulting a doctor.
The deepest roots of our obstetric outcomes lie in primary care and the general health of our adult populations.
#MedSky
#MedSky
The proportion of women with modifiable risk factors for serious birth defects is growing, suggested an analysis of more than a decade's worth of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data.
Read the full story at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/obgyn/pregnancy/117150?trw=no
Read the full story at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/obgyn/pregnancy/117150?trw=no
Most Women Have Modifiable Risk Factors for Birth Defects
Findings highlight the value of public health interventions like folic acid fortification in food
www.medpagetoday.com
August 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The deepest roots of our obstetric outcomes lie in primary care and the general health of our adult populations.
#MedSky
#MedSky
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Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:
August 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:
Meanwhile…a lawyer with no medical training or expertise, though is nevertheless somehow in charge of HHS, is threatening doctors with civil litigation if they follow the standard of care outlined by their professional organization…
#MedSky
#MedSky
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. responded with an oblique warning to any physicians who might follow ameracadpeds.bsky.social's recent pediatric COVID-19 vaccine recommendations, which differ from those of the CDC.
Read more at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/vaccines/117132?trw=no
Read more at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/vaccines/117132?trw=no
RFK Jr. Warns Docs of Liability if They Stray From CDC on Vaccines
'Misleading,' expert says
www.medpagetoday.com
August 26, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Meanwhile…a lawyer with no medical training or expertise, though is nevertheless somehow in charge of HHS, is threatening doctors with civil litigation if they follow the standard of care outlined by their professional organization…
#MedSky
#MedSky
The American College of Ob/Gyn has released new expert guidance for COVID, flu & RSV vaccination in pregnancy.
Like the AAP, these should now be the vaccination recommendations cited by experts, leaders, journalists, physicians, researchers, policymakers & the media.
#MedSky
Like the AAP, these should now be the vaccination recommendations cited by experts, leaders, journalists, physicians, researchers, policymakers & the media.
#MedSky
Today, ACOG released updated clinical guidance on vaccination during pregnancy against COVID-19, influenza, and RSV. These guidance documents reflect a large and growing body of research and data regarding the safety and benefits of maternal immunization. Learn more: https://bit.ly/45w9LOD
August 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The American College of Ob/Gyn has released new expert guidance for COVID, flu & RSV vaccination in pregnancy.
Like the AAP, these should now be the vaccination recommendations cited by experts, leaders, journalists, physicians, researchers, policymakers & the media.
#MedSky
Like the AAP, these should now be the vaccination recommendations cited by experts, leaders, journalists, physicians, researchers, policymakers & the media.
#MedSky
Access to reproductive expertise has been constricting through L+D closures & providers fleeing punitive laws. This will worsen under Medicaid cuts. Thus this resource’s need. It is additionally anonymous, often sadly a modern necessity
#MedSky
#MedSky
August 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Access to reproductive expertise has been constricting through L+D closures & providers fleeing punitive laws. This will worsen under Medicaid cuts. Thus this resource’s need. It is additionally anonymous, often sadly a modern necessity
#MedSky
#MedSky
These should now be the vaccination recommendations cited by experts, leaders, journalists, physicians, researchers, policymakers & the media.
Not the CDC
#MedSky
Not the CDC
#MedSky
Breaking: The AAP has released its own evidence-based vaccine schedule, after recent federal changes prioritized politics over evidence.
Americans have long trusted their pediatricians. We ask for your trust again on this.
Science first. Kids first.
downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/AAP-...
Americans have long trusted their pediatricians. We ask for your trust again on this.
Science first. Kids first.
downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/AAP-...
downloads.aap.org
August 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
These should now be the vaccination recommendations cited by experts, leaders, journalists, physicians, researchers, policymakers & the media.
Not the CDC
#MedSky
Not the CDC
#MedSky
Sherrod Brown has been one of our most consistent advocates for patients and public health, the Senate needs him back
Sherrod Brown Plans to Try for a Senate Comeback in Ohio www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/u...
Sherrod Brown Plans to Try for a Senate Comeback in Ohio www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/u...
Sherrod Brown Plans to Try for a Senate Comeback in Ohio
www.nytimes.com
August 18, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Sherrod Brown has been one of our most consistent advocates for patients and public health, the Senate needs him back
Sherrod Brown Plans to Try for a Senate Comeback in Ohio www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/u...
Sherrod Brown Plans to Try for a Senate Comeback in Ohio www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/u...