Assume that you are the sole ethicist on the hospital’s ethicscommittee. You have been asked by a chair to provide an ananlysisand a recommendation as to how to deal with the situation from anethical stance.
a) First, thought, you must find out what the legal position is.Summarize this in the beginning of the memo to the chair, I.C.Clearly M.D
b) Next, identify the significant information that is missingand why having this information could influence your analysis.Then,make a recommendation. Explain your reasoning.
c) What would you need to know to make a better recommendationin this case ?
Read the case below:-
A>B is an 17 +9 yrs old patient in a psychiatric hospital ina state that has a ban on abortions after 20 weeks.
She is 12 weeks pregnant. The father is unknown. Her mother, whois her legal guardian wants her to have an abortion. A.B refusessaying its against my principles. Neither A.B nor her mother couldcare for her child so, if she carried it to term, it would beplaced in a foster home. This is all the information available atthis time. Religious consideration is not an issue
