Ingrid Skop is an American obstetrics and gynecology physician and anti-abortion activist who is the vice president and director of medical affairs at the Charlotte Lozier Institute, the research arm of the political advocacy group Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America. The Texas Tribune has called Skop "the first call for anyone looking for an OB/GYN to publicly defend abortion restrictions".

Biography

Skop earned a Bachelor of Science in physiology from the Oklahoma State University–Stillwater. She received a M.D. at the Washington University School of Medicine. Skop completed an obstetrics and gynecology residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. She is a fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. According to Skop's own accounting she has "delivered over 5,000 babies in over 30 years" of practice.

Skop is a member of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists. She is the vice president and director of medical affairs at the Charlotte Lozier Institute, the research arm of the political advocacy group Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America.

Skop is also a plaintiff in a US Supreme Court lawsuit seeking to revoke the Food and Drug Administration's approval of the abortion drug mifepristone. As of May 2024[update], the case remains under consideration with the court.

In May 2024, Skop was appointed by Jennifer Shuford, the commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services, to a six-year term on the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee (MMMRC). Her term began on June 1, 2024.[needs update]

Skop has argued in favor of forcing rape and incest victims as young as nine or ten to carry pregnancies to term. Testifying in front of the House Oversight Committee in 2021, Skop said: "If she is developed enough to be menstruating and become pregnant and reach sexual maturity, she can safely give birth to a baby." However, pregnancy at such a young age is shown to carry significant health risks.