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medical ethics
July 22, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Doctor Denies Woman Prenatal Care Because She’s Unmarried
A Tennessee woman was forced to flee her state to seek treatment for her pregnancy.
February 21, 2022
MagazineNiran Al-Agba
When Your Doctor Isn’t a Doctor
Thousands of urgent care clinics have popped up over the last decade. How safe are they?
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May 5, 2017
Eric Armstrong
The Uncertain Future of Vaccines
An interview with journalist Meredith Wadman.
January 8, 2014
Nora Caplan-Bricker
The CEO of the Texas Hospital That Won't Take a Pregnant Woman off Life Support Was an Idealistic Democrat

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