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An Exploration Of "The 'Wild West' Of Reproductive Technology": Ethical And Feminist Perspectives On Sex-Selection Practices In The United States, Meredith Leigh Birdsall
An Exploration Of "The 'Wild West' Of Reproductive Technology": Ethical And Feminist Perspectives On Sex-Selection Practices In The United States, Meredith Leigh Birdsall
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
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The Responsibility To Protect Haiti, Linda A. Malone
The Responsibility To Protect Haiti, Linda A. Malone
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Medical Conscience And The Policing Of Parenthood, Richard F. Storrow
Medical Conscience And The Policing Of Parenthood, Richard F. Storrow
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
As state and local anti-discrimination provisions become more and more comprehensive, physicians who refuse to treat patients for reasons of sexual orientation or marital status are beginning to face legal liability. Increasingly, physicians are invoking codes of medical ethics alongside more familiar constitutional law claims in support of their claim to insulation from legal liability. This Article explores what medical ethics has to say about physicians who, for sincerely held religious reasons, refuse to treat patients for reasons of sexual orientation or marital status. The issue is explored through the lens of a case recently decided by the California Supreme …