Abolition medicine and reproductive justice are synergistic approaches that advance a radical vision of a racially just world.

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.

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

Physicians should honor confidentiality whenever possible when screening and treating adolescents for sensitive health conditions such as substance abuse.

Preventing bad outcomes for teens and their offspring was the impetus behind confidential care for reproductive health. Requiring parental involvement created an obstacle to the provision of necessary care.

The physician’s duty extends beyond treating individual patients to reporting public health threats when they are identified.

When a pregnant woman is knowingly causing harm to her unborn child, there are various legal interventions that can be taken to protect the rights if the fetus.

Dr Julia Feinstein joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “What Might It Mean to Have a Right to Bear a Pregnancy Peacefully?”

This commentary on a case considers how physicians should respond when their pregnant patients’ health is physically and socially compromised.

Skilled interactions in health care are those in which clinicians focus on making patients feel seen and heard and that their needs are important and can be met.