Professor Katie Watson joins Ethics Talk to discuss what clinicians need to know about changes to the post-June 2022 legal, ethical, and clinical landscape of abortion care in the US.

Differentiating between best palliative care options and the curative and palliative potential of surgery is key to developing dual intentional clarity.

This article canvasses states’ legal prohibitions and challenges to them and considers consequences for clinicians and patients.

Pediatricians should not opt out of caring for children of same-sex couples due to anti-gay beliefs or bias.

Instead of succumbing to the urge to portray cultural differences as a dichotomy between clashing opposites, we should endeavor to note our common humanity, acknowledge the plurality of viewpoints within a given culture, and appreciate that cultures can evolve without being untrue to themselves.

In the past, forced sterilizations violated the autonomy of vulnerable women. Today, measures intended to protect such women from the abuses of the past may in fact hamper their autonomy in a different way.