Research and training are needed so that physicians are able to identify human trafficking victims and refer them to appropriate trauma-informed treatment.

How should evidence be used to interpret and inform whether to accommodate patients’ requests for clinicians with specific traits?

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

Noninvasive prenatal testing arguably constitutes a form of eugenics in a social context in which certain reproductive outcomes are not valued.

Principles of respect for autonomy, beneficence, and nonmaleficence guide trauma-informed care. Care ethics should also support this framework for responding to the health needs of trafficked patients.

Pregnant women at high risk for heritable diseases need support and nondirective genetic counseling.

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

The AMA Code of Medical Ethics' opinions on confidential care for sexually active minors and physicians' exercise of conscience in refusal of services.

All of us who are pursuing solutions to the obesity epidemic face clinical, ethical, and regulatory challenges. First among them is the significant role of individual lifestyle and behavior choices in causing obesity.