American Medical Association

The perils and necessities of saying ‘I don’t know’

By Thomas Reese — April 15, 2024
(RNS) — In political, academic and ecclesial life, expressing uncertainty is the equivalent of committing professional suicide.

Why American doctors need to hold the line on physician-assisted suicide

By Charles C. Camosy — November 16, 2018
(RNS) — As younger physicians appear to abandon a longtime code of medical ethics, the trend is toward acceptance of a practice that raises questions about the very meaning of health care.

What’s abortifacient? Disputes over birth control fuel Obamacare fight

By Cathy Lynn Grossman — January 28, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) Religion, medicine and politics shape the way people define pregnancy and abortion -- key points in the battles over the Affordable Care Act's contraception mandate.
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