Tag Archives: Topic: Professional Regulation

The State of Affairs Regarding Counseling for Expectant Parents of a Child With a Disability: Do ACOG’s New Practice Guidelines Signify the Arrival of a Brave New World?
Matthew Diehr, 53 St. Louis U. L.J. 1287 (2009)

“[T]his Comment seeks to honestly discuss the impact the tort actions of wrongful birth and wrongful life–both premised as they are on the assertion that a fetus would have been aborted had the parents known of the fetus’ congenital condition–have on the disabled community and on society at large.”

Finding the Middle Ground: Acuna v. Turkish and the New Jersey Supreme Court’s Reaffirmation of a Doctor’s Role Under the Doctrine of Informed Consent in the Digital Age
Allyson M. Rucinski, 29 Pace L. Rev. 797 (2009)

“For general medical procedures, many doctors have resorted to computer generated printouts, prepackaged pharmaceutical marketing pamphlets, and website referrals to satisfy the bare minimum duty under the doctrine of informed consent. Conversely, some states have taken it upon themselves to over-legislate in the area of abortion by requiring doctors to make excessive disclosures that are arguably moral, philosophical, or religious in nature. There needs to be a middle ground between these two extremes. The New Jersey Supreme Court provides guidance as to what this middle ground should be in its decision in Acuna v. Turkish.”