Lori Freedman, PhD
Professor
Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• PhD Sociology University of California, Davis 2008
• Postdoctoral Studies Graduate Division University of California, San Francisco

Interests

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• reproductive healthcare services
• abortion
• religion
• systems
• medical sociology
• bioethics

Websites

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• Profile at bixbycenter.ucsf.edu (bixbycenter.ucsf.edu)

Publications (57)

Top publication keywords:
Abortion, SpontaneousPersonal AutonomyReligion and MedicineWomenReproductive Health ServicesOrganizational PolicySterilization, TubalReproductive HealthCatholicismGynecologyHospitals, ReligiousObstetricsPatient PreferenceCounselingAbortion, Induced

• No Strings Attached: How Catholic Institutions Prospered at the Expense of the Administrative State and Patient Autonomy.
  The Journal of law, medicine & ethics : a journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics 2024 Freedman L, Paul-Emile K
• Missed opportunities in postpartum contraception: Bridging the gaps for patients who deliver at Catholic hospitals in Illinois.
  Reproductive Female and Child Health 2024 Angel Boulware, Jocelyn Wascher, Zarina Wong, Lee Hasselbacher, Jessica Chen, Lori Freedman, Debra Stulberg
• Beyond Hobby Lobby: Employer's responsibilities and opportunities to improve network access to reproductive healthcare for employees.
  Contraception: X 2022 Hasselbacher LA, Wingo E, Cacioppo A, McHugh A, Stulberg D, Freedman L
• What you don't know can hurt you: Patient and provider perspectives on postpartum contraceptive care in Illinois Catholic Hospitals.
  Contraception 2021 Wong ZJ, Thompson L, Boulware A, Chen J, Freedman L, Stulberg D, Hasselbacher L
• "Going through it together": Being accompanied by loved ones during birth and abortion.
  Social science & medicine (1982) 2021 Altshuler AL, Ojanen-Goldsmith A, Blumenthal PD, Freedman LR

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• Reproductive healthcare denials among a privately insured population.
  Preventive medicine reports 2021 Hebert LE, Wingo EE, Hasselbacher L, Schueler KE, Freedman LR, Stulberg DB
• Expectations about availability of contraception and abortion at a hypothetical Catholic hospital: Rural-urban disparities among Wisconsin women.
  Contraception 2021 Kramer RD, Higgins JA, Burns ME, Stulberg DB, Freedman LR
• Prevalence and experiences of Wisconsin women turned away from Catholic settings without receiving reproductive care.
  Contraception 2021 Kramer RD, Higgins JA, Burns ME, Freedman LR, Stulberg DB
• Denial of tubal ligation in religious hospitals: Consumer attitudes when insurance limits hospital choice.
  Contraception 2021 Schueler KE, Hebert LE, Wingo EE, Freedman LR, Stulberg DB
• Interprofessional Abortion Opposition: A National Survey and Qualitative Interviews with Abortion Training Program Directors at U.S. Teaching Hospitals.
  Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health 2021 Bennett AH, Freedman L, Landy U, Langton C, Ly E, Rocca CH
• The Fine Line Between Informing and Coercing: Community Health Center Clinicians' Approaches to Counseling Young People About IUDs.
  Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health 2020 Biggs MA, Tome L, Mays A, Kaller S, Harper CC, Freedman L
• P73 Employer vs. employee perspectives on religious healthcare denials and insurance networks: A mixed methods study.
  Contraception 2020 L. Hasselbacher, A. Cacioppo, A. McHugh, E. Wingo, L. Hebert, D. Stulberg, L. Freedman
• Restrictions on Reproductive Care at Catholic Hospitals: A Qualitative Study of Patient Experiences and Perspectives.
  AJOB empirical bioethics 2020 Wascher JM, Stulberg DB, Freedman LR
• Anticipatory Counseling About Miscarriage Management in Catholic Hospitals: A Qualitative Exploration of Women's Preferences.
  Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health 2020 Wingo EE, Wascher JM, Stulberg DB, Freedman LR
• Abortion Policies in U.S. Teaching Hospitals: Formal and Informal Parameters Beyond the Law.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2020 Zeldovich VB, Rocca CH, Langton C, Landy U, Ly ES, Freedman LR
• Exploring young women's reasons for adopting intrauterine or oral emergency contraception in the United States: a qualitative study.
  BMC women's health 2020 Kaller S, Mays A, Freedman L, Harper CC, Biggs MA
• Choosing a hospital for obstetric, gynecologic, or reproductive healthcare: what matters most to patients?
  American journal of obstetrics & gynecology MFM 2019 Hebert LE, Freedman L, Stulberg DB
• Women's Expectation of Receiving Reproductive Health Care at Catholic and Non-Catholic Hospitals.
  Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health 2019 Stulberg DB, Guiahi M, Hebert LE, Freedman LR
• The Zero Trimester: Pre-Pregnancy Care and the Politics of Reproductive Risk.
  Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews 2019 Lori Freedman
• Promoting medical student self-awareness through a challenging patient workshop.
  Medical education 2018 Steinauer J, Baron M, Freedman L, Perrucci A, Dehlendorf C, Cipriano SD
• Do women know whether their hospital is Catholic? Results from a national survey.
  Contraception 2018 Wascher JM, Hebert LE, Freedman LR, Stulberg DB
• Expanding the Abortion Provider Workforce: A Qualitative Study of Organizations Implementing a New California Policy.
  Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health 2018 Battistelli MF, Magnusson S, Biggs MA, Freedman L
• Religious hospital policies on reproductive care: what do patients want to know?
  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2017 Freedman LR, Hebert LE, Battistelli MF, Stulberg DB
• Abortion care policies and enforcement in U.S. obstetrics–gynecology teaching hospitals: a national survey.
  Contraception 2017 L Freedman, C Langton, U Landy, E Ly, C Rocca
• Abortion opposition and interprofessional conflict: a national survey of obstetrics–gynecology teaching hospitals.
  Contraception 2017 C Rocca, L Freedman, C Langton, E Ly, U Landy
• Do women know when their hospital is Catholic and how this affects their care? Findings from the Patient Awareness of Religious Restrictions in Catholic Hospitals (PARRCH) national survey.
  Contraception 2017 D Stulberg, J Wascher, C Geng, L Freedman
• A good abortion experience: A qualitative exploration of women's needs and preferences in clinical care.
  Social science & medicine (1982) 2017 Altshuler AL, Ojanen-Goldsmith A, Blumenthal PD, Freedman LR
• Institutional Religious Policies That Follow Obstetricians and Gynecologists Into Practice.
  Journal of graduate medical education 2017 Steinauer J, Freedman L
• "She's on her own": a thematic analysis of clinicians' comments on abortion referral.
  Contraception 2017 Homaifar N, Freedman L, French V
• Abortion Stigma Among Low-Income Women Obtaining Abortions in Western Pennsylvania: A Qualitative Assessment.
  Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health 2016 Gelman A, Rosenfeld EA, Nikolajski C, Freedman LR, Steinberg JR, Borrero S
• Policy Brief.
  Journal of health and social behavior 2016 Kimport K, Weitz TA, Freedman L
• The Stratified Legitimacy of Abortions.
  Journal of health and social behavior 2016 Kimport K, Weitz TA, Freedman L
• Referrals for Services Prohibited In Catholic Health Care Facilities.
  Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health 2016 Stulberg DB, Jackson RA, Freedman LR
• The Research Consortium on Religious Healthcare Institutions: studying the impact of religious restrictions on women's reproductive health.
  Contraception 2016 Freedman LR, Stulberg DB
• Exploring the Role of Faith-Based Organizations in Addressing Adolescent Relationship Abuse.
  Violence against women 2015 Li E, Freedman LR, Fernandez Y Garcia E, Miller E
• What constitutes a good abortion and a good birth? A qualitative analysis of women's pregnancy experiences.
  Contraception 2015 A. Altshuler, A. Ojanen-Goldsmith, P. Blumenthal, L. Freedman
• Radical or routine? Nurse practitioners, nurse-midwives, and physician assistants as abortion providers.
  Reproductive health matters 2015 Freedman L, Battistelli MF, Gerdts C, McLemore M
• Race and reproductive coercion: a qualitative assessment.
  Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2015 Nikolajski C, Miller E, McCauley HL, Akers A, Schwarz EB, Freedman L, Steinberg J, Ibrahim S, Borrero S
• Women know best--findings from a thematic analysis of 5,214 surveys of abortion care experience.
  Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2014 McLemore MR, Desai S, Freedman L, James EA, Taylor D
• "It just happens": a qualitative study exploring low-income women's perspectives on pregnancy intention and planning.
  Contraception 2014 Borrero S, Nikolajski C, Steinberg JR, Freedman L, Akers AY, Ibrahim S, Schwarz EB
• Tubal ligation in Catholic hospitals: a qualitative study of ob-gyns' experiences.
  Contraception 2014 Stulberg DB, Hoffman Y, Dahlquist IH, Freedman LR
• Impact of partial participation in integrated family planning training on medical knowledge, patient communication and professionalism.
  Contraception 2014 Steinauer JE, Turk JK, Preskill F, Devaskar S, Freedman L, Landy U
• How clinicians develop confidence in their competence in performing aspiration abortion.
  Qualitative health research 2013 Freedman L, Levi A
• Conflicts in Care for Obstetric Complications in Catholic Hospitals
  AJOB Primary Research 2013 Freedman, LR Stulberg, DB
• Conflicts in Care for Obstetric Complications in Catholic Hospitals.
  AJOB Empirical Bioethics 2013 Lori R. Freedman, Debra B. Stulberg
• Tubal sterilization in catholic hospitals: the rules and realities from ob/gyns' perspectives.
  Contraception 2012 D. Stulberg, L. Freedman
• Postabortion contraception: qualitative interviews on counseling and provision of long-acting reversible contraceptive methods.
  Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health 2012 Morse J, Freedman L, Speidel JJ, Thompson KM, Stratton L, Harper CC
• The Politics of Motherhood Meets the Politics of Poverty.
  Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews 2012 Lori Freedman, Tracy A. Weitz
• Women's decision making regarding choice of second trimester termination method for pregnancy complications.
  International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics 2011 Kerns J, Vanjani R, Freedman L, Meckstroth K, Drey EA, Steinauer J
• Resistance and vulnerability to stigmatization in abortion work.
  Social science & medicine (1982) 2011 O'Donnell J, Weitz TA, Freedman LR
• Informing abortion counseling: an examination of evidence-based practices used in emotional care for other stigmatized and sensitive health issues.
  Patient education and counseling 2010 Upadhyay UD, Cockrill K, Freedman LR
• Counseling women with early pregnancy failure: utilizing evidence, preserving preference.
  Patient education and counseling 2010 Wallace RR, Goodman S, Freedman LR, Dalton VK, Harris LH
• Obstacles to the integration of abortion into obstetrics and gynecology practice.
  Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health 2010 Freedman L, Landy U, Darney P, Steinauer J
• Obstetrician-gynecologist experiences with abortion training: physician insights from a qualitative study.
  Contraception 2010 Freedman L, Landy U, Steinauer J
• When there's a heartbeat: miscarriage management in Catholic-owned hospitals.
  American journal of public health 2008 Freedman LR, Landy U, Steinauer J
• Advance Supply of Emergency Contraception.
  Obstetrics and Gynecology 2003 Rebecca A. Jackson, Eleanor Bimla Schwarz, Lori Freedman, Philip Darney
• Advance supply of emergency contraception. effect on use and usual contraception--a randomized trial.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2003 Jackson RA, Schwarz EB, Freedman L, Darney P