Medical Ethics — Malpractice and the Conscience of the Practitioner

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AN aftermath of the recent changes in abortion laws in various states has been the fear of some medical practitioners that any refusal on their part to perform an abortion or to take part in an abortion procedure might subject them to legal action, or to harassment, or to discharge from the staff of a hospital. The serious discussion of a constitutional, legal right to an abortion on the part of a woman has provoked the argument that the pregnant patient can require her physician to perform an abortion at her request.In New York, after the decision of Stewart . . .

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