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Beneath the Sword of Damocles: Moral Obligations of Physicians in a Post-Dobbs Landscape

June 13, 2024

Reproductive Intrusions: Evidence and Ethics

January 31, 2024

BRIDGE Commission calls for Empowering Women with chronic diseases to Make Informed Decisions about Pregnancy and Breastfeeding

December 11, 2023
When women with chronic diseases, such as epilepsy, diabetes or lupus, decide to start or grow a family, they may face anxieties and decisions far beyond what others experience during these stages of life. Too often these women must weigh their own health, their pregnancy, or the health of their...

Teratology Research in the Shadow of the Dobbs Decision

November 29, 2023

Exclusion of Women from Phase I Trials: Perspectives from Investigators and Research Oversight Officials

November 27, 2023

Anne Lyerly Featured on the latest Px Pulse podcast episode

November 8, 2023
AVAC’s latest Px Pulse podcast episode, Pregnant and Lactating People in HIV Research: What you need to know, will be released on Monday, November 6. Featuring Dr. Anne Drapkin Lyerly of UNC Center for Bioethics and PHASES Project, Dr. Ashley Lima of USAID Office of HIV/AIDS Research Division, and Dr....

Pharmacokinetic research in pregnancy: ethical low-hanging fruit?

August 1, 2023

Pregnancy Inclusion in US Statewide Scarce Resource Allocation Guidelines During COVID-19 Pandemic.

May 1, 2023

PREPARE: UNC Center for Bioethics Researchers Work Overseas

March 29, 2023
Members of the PRomoting Equity for Pregnant Adolescents in Research (PREPARE) team recently returned from a trip to Botswana and Malawi. This study is led by Principal Investigators (PI) Anne Lyerly, MD, MA, and Kristen Sullivan, PhD, MSW, MBA, of the UNC Center for Bioethics, and includes several UNC Bioethics...

Annie Lyerly, MD was interviewed for NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday

March 13, 2023
Anne Lyerly, MD was interviewed by NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe to talk about how hospital ethics boards are being invoked when a patient requires a medical exception to an abortion ban.