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Nov. 15, 2018: Judicial Advocacy Update

The AMA Litigation Center joins the Pennsylvania Medical Society in a case to protect the state's medical liability fund.

Advocacy Update
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Nov. 1, 2018: Judicial Advocacy Update

Learn more about the AMA Litigation Center's support on cases good-faith clinical decisions and abortion rights to unaccompanied migrant minors.

Advocacy Update
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State tries to seize $275 million from medical liability fund

Physicians who have trouble finding medical liability insurance coverage may have an even harder time if state officials’ plan to seize the funds of a last-resort insurer is allowed to proceed.

Sustainability
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Physicians have immunity for good-faith psychiatric discharges

Learn why Maryland’s top court is protecting psychiatrists from medical liability when they act in good faith—even when outcomes are tragic.

Behavioral Health
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Should abortion rights extend to unaccompanied migrant minors?

All women, including unaccompanied migrant minors, have the right to access abortion in a timely, confidential way, the AMA and other physician organizations tell the court.

Population Health
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FDA pulled into federal court on delay in regulating e-cigarettes

The AMA and others tell a federal court that e-cig manufacturers are following the big tobacco playbook to lure teens to their addictive product.

Judicial Advocacy
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Medical laws and ethics: What to do when conflicts occur

Physicians have tough decisions to make when medical ethics and law come into conflict. Learn how to properly weigh the two when faced with the dilemma.

Ethical & Judicial Affairs
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Sept. 6, 2018: Judicial Advocacy Update

Find out how the AMA offers background on the "applicable ethical principles" that guide physicians on capital punishment in Bucklew v. Precythe.

Advocacy Update
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AMA to Supreme Court: Doctor participation in executions unethical

The AMA Code of Medical Ethics says physicians shouldn’t opine on which execution method would most reduce physical suffering.

Ethics