Physicians should provide women considering abortion after Down syndrome screening with unbiased information and not attempt to influence their decision.

When a clinician refuses to do a procedure consistent with standard of care for a patient, legal resources can be helpful.

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

Two commentaries respond to a case about apnea testing to confirm death by neurologic criteria.

Sterilization requires physicians’ surgical skills. Forced sterilization requires many clinicians’ complicity.

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

The FDA’s approval for over-the-counter sales of emergency contraception marked a departure from its standard approval process and obstructed access to a safe and effective drug. That departure could set a dangerous precedent for future decisions.

When adolescents seek emergency contraception in the emergency room, social judgment on the part of clinicians can hamper treatment.

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

Supporters of reproductive choice believe that women receive inadequate information about prenatal testing—often after some testing has already been done.