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OB/GYN & Pediatrician REACT: The Surrogacy Case Exposing an Ethical Blind Spot
A prenatal diagnosis should never decide whether a child lives or dies.
This episode brings a unique perspective to the surrogacy case involving McKenna West and Baby Gabriel case, as OB/GYN Dr. Christina Francis and Pediatrician and Executive Director of the American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) Dr. Jill Simons discuss the case from a medical perspective. They discuss what it reveals about disability discrimination, commercial surrogacy, and the urgent need to treat pre-born children as patients with dignity.
When baby Gabriel was diagnosed in the womb with hypoplastic left heart…
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