Obstetrix

by Naomi Kritzer · 2026

In a near‑future America where reproductive rights have been erased, Dr. Liz, a courageous OB‑GYN, is finally acquitted for performing the last legal abortion in North Dakota—only to be seized by a remote fundamentalist cult. Isolated on a rugged ranch with no contact to the outside world, she is the only medical professional the group has ever captured, and she knows the grim fate that befell the previous doctor they held. While the cult begrudgingly respects her expertise, Liz must navigate a hostile environment, protect the young women forced into secrecy, and devise a desperate escape. "Obstetrix" is a tense, heart‑pounding portrait of resistance, morality, and the fight to reclaim autonomy in a world many hope never becomes reality.