ISD II – Women’s Health

Ethics/Humanities/Health Law

Wed., Jan. 29, 2003

9 – 11 a.m.

This package contains:

• A 1997 article from the Bioethics for Clinicians series entitled “Ethical Dilemmas that Arise in the Care of Pregnant Women”
• An excerpt from the introduction to the 1997 book The Problem of Abortion
• Excerpts from the Supreme Court of Canada’s decisions in R. v. Morgentaler (1988) and Winnipeg Child and Family Services v. D.F.G. (1997)

Learning Objectives

In this session you will:

• Consider the ethical and legal issues surrounding the issue of abortion
• Consider the legal and moral status of a fetus
• Consider the idea of personhood and its relevance to the issue of abortion
• Consider the problem of ‘maternal-fetal conflicts’

Article Summaries

• Article summaries will be accepted until Monday, Feb. 17, 2003.
• The due date for Article Summaries is later than normal because there will be a second Ethics/Humanities/Health Law session during the Women’s Health course. (This second session is tentatively scheduled for Monday, Feb. 10 from 11-12:30). A second set of readings will be distributed soon for that session. Your article summary may be based on a reading for this set of readings or the second one.

A reminder: the due date for the next short paper has been changed from Jan. 31, 2003 to Feb. 10, 2003.