Backdrop
The New Jersey Medical Society the nation’s oldest Society of physicians, founded in 1766mindful that students are in the forefront of medical-ethical scholarship, has submitted an important question concerning a Louisiana abortion law which requires doctors performing abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.
This is of concern to the Society’s members as the requirement may place some doctors at legal and licensure risk for potential failure to be able to comply.
Analyze the ethical and legal arguments against the backdrop of the Roe v Wade, Planned Parenthood v Casey and Right to Choose v Byrne decisions.