Ethical Issues Surrounding Abortion in a Post-Roe Nation

Jackie Glover, PhD, HEC-C, Professor in the CU Department of Pediatrics and the Center for Bioethics and Humanities and Heather Straub, MD, Assistant Professor, Maternal Fetal Medicine described the ethical arguments involved in the abortion debate in the US, and the ethical issues in the maternal/fetal dyad. They identified post-Roe ethical arguments for patients and providers and offered resources to support patients/families and health care professionals as they deal with ethical issues around abortion. Presented on April 13, 2023 at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.

Ethics Grand Rounds is co-sponsored by the CU Center for Bioethics and Humanities and University of Colorado Health.