Between 70 and 90 percent of women carrying a fetus diagnosed in utero with Down syndrome choose to abort. Is terminating a fetus diagnosed with Down syndrome the same as terminating a fetus because of its gender?

Preconception genetic carrier testing has become more widely available and affordable, but is not always routinely recommended by physicians. Do you encourage it among patients planning to conceive?

According to the American Medical Association, the southern part of the United States is facing an HIV epidemic. Do you proactively talk with your patients about their risk of contracting HIV?

Levels of exposure that are defined as 'safe' by the official limits, are actually having non-trivial adverse effects, according to new reports.

A number of studies conclude that breast cancer screening has little to no effect on mortality. Is it time to scrap the practice?

ObGyns are among the least likely physicians to accept new Medicare patients, and more physicians will likely begin refusing Medicare patients if the 27% cut in Medicare reimbursement goes through in 2013. What will you do?

A Phase II trial is underway for Tefina, a testosterone-based treatment for female sexual dysfunction.

ObGyn.net is headed to AAGL 2012 in Las Vegas, and we want to know: Which plenary sessions interest you most?

Some say ob/gyns should bring up family planning at every annual visit, and proactively counsel women about their future fertility. Do you have enough information to do so?

Health care is a major issue in the 2012 presidential election, and President Barack Obama and candidate Mitt Romney have vastly different opinions on how the system should be structured. Whose plan do you support?

A study published online by the Journal of Advanced Nursing found that 87% of women seeking infertility treatment could not correctly identify which days of their menstrual cycle they were fertile, even though 68% said they had accurately timed intercourse in order to conceive.

Each year, between 300 and 400 physicians in the United States die by suicide, and physicians seek care for depression and other mood disorders at lower rates than the general public.

A pilot program is dispensing birth control and emergency contraception to students at 13 NYC high schools without informing their parents. Is this a good idea?

A new prenatal blood test for trisomy 21 has been released in Europe, and it's targeted to women in their 12th week and beyond. Is it a good thing?

A controversial new guideline issued by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists says doctors should encourage women to deliver without epidurals or caesarean sections. Do you agree?