Do You Refuse to Talk to Ethics Boards?

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Many have resisted hospital ethics boards because those people are not experts in the way their fellow doctors are. One doctor we spoke to, for example, took to a colleague and a radiologist who had examined the patient themselves. But that doctor said to me this was a very black and white case.

The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe has implications far beyond abortion; it complicates access to vital drugs and delays essential care for pregnant people. The president of the American Medical Association explains how the chaos is hurting health care providers and their patients.

This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, fact-checked by Laura Bullard with help from Victoria Dominguez, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and edited by Matt Collette and Noel King, who also hosted.

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