What should have happened in the tragic case of Adriana Smith, the two-months-pregnant woman who was declared brain dead but has been on life support since February at Emory Hospital in Atlanta, so that her baby might eventually be delivered by C-section? The hospital refused to let her die, concerned it would violate Georgia’s abortion […]
The widely discussed Adriana Smith case unfolding in Atlanta raises many thorny ethical questions. Despite the case’s high profile, the facts about what happened that led to a situation in which Emory University Hospital Midtown plans to deliver a fetus from a woman who has been dead for months, via C-section in August, are murky. […]
This editorial appears in the May 2025 issue of the American Journal of Bioethics. Medical aid in dying (MAID) is an important and highly sensitive aspect of end-of-life care reflecting broad ethical considerations. Internationally, approaches to assisted dying vary dramatically in accordance with legal developments, cultural norms, and local advocacy. Medical aid in dying in the […]
On February 3, the Montana Senate passed Senate Bill 136, which would modify Montana state law so physicians cannot use a patient’s consent as a defense to homicide, which would affect physician assisted suicide. Montana does not legally permit or regulate physician assisted suicide, which is sometimes referred to as “aid in dying” or “death […]
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