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21 N.Y.U. Rev. L. & Soc. Change 279 (1993-1995)
Silent No More: Physician's Legal and Ethical Obligations to Patients Seeking Abortions

handle is hein.journals/nyuls21 and id is 289 raw text is: SILENT NO MORE: PHYSICIANS' LEGAL AND ETHICAL OBLIGATIONS TO PATIENTS SEEKING ABORTIONS SYLVIA A. LAW* Prologue: Some True Stories ........................................ 280 Introduction ......................................................... 281 I. Physicians' Obligations to Provide Medical Information and Referrals to Patients ........................................... 285 A. Informed Consent .......................................... 285 B. The Duty to Provide Referrals ............................. 288 C. Prohibitions Against Physician Abandonment .............. 290 D. The Wrongful Birth Cases ................................. 292 II. Contemporary Patterns of Medical Education, Ethics, and Practice in Relation to Abortion Choice ....................... 295 III. Answering Common Objections to Obligations to Provide Medical Information and Referral .............................. 301 A. Physicians' Capacity to Provide Information about Medical Aspects of Abortion and Abortion Referral ............... 301 B. Physicians' Conscientious Objections to Abortion .......... 303 IV. The Inadequacy of Common Law and Constitutional Rem edies ...................................................... 307 A. Common Law Remedies ................................... 307 B. Constitutional Remedies ................................... 310 V. Prospects for Reform .......................................... 315 A. The National Abortion Federation Model ................. 316 B. Medical Educators ......................................... 317 C. State Legislatures .......................................... 318 D. Professional Organizations ................................. 320 Conclusion .......................................................... 321 * Professor of Law, New York University School of Law. B.A., 1964, Antioch Col- lege; J.D., 1968, New York University School of Law. Hibi Pendleton, Tova Wang, Sandy Widlan, Katharina Munz, and Natalia Sorgente provided valuable research assistance. Dor- othy Roberts, Marjory Schultz, the NYU Faculty Brown Bag Workshop, the Yale Law & Feminism Seminar, and the University of Mimesota Faculty Workshop shared constructive insights on earlier drafts. 279 Imaged with the Permission of N.Y.U. Review of Law and Social Change

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