This narrative illuminates need for students and clinicians to be well prepared to face ethically and structurally complex realities of identifying and responding to children.

Clinicians using governing authority to make public health policy are ethically obliged to draw upon scientific and clinical information that accords professional standards.

Mistakes and lessons from AMA history situate the AMA now for antiracist leadership in the health care sector.

Medical schools should have formal curriculum on the laws and regulations that pertain to medical practice.

Several recent court cases illustrate how some states are attempting to mandate physician reporting of all underage sexual activity as instances of child abuse.

Dialogue-based learning can help medical students recognize, acknowledge, and overcome their biases.