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There are also fetal conditions for which survivability will be poor, regardless of when the pregnancy ends. Those conditions include genetic or isolated structural abnormalities in which essential structures do not develop properly and the fetus may only survive a matter of minutes or days after delivery. In these cases, patients may decide to end their pregnancies through abortion, or to choose to give birth with options for palliative care. If patients choose the latter, the American Academy of Pediatrics has stated that patients and families should also be allowed to choose palliative care or attempted resuscitation in light of the high likelihood of death and significant degree of neurodevelopmental impairment that may result from birth. If patients choose to attempt resuscitation, clinicians should discuss with patients and families whether their goal is optimizing survival or minimizing suffering when formulating a plan of care. In such instances, as in the rest of medicine, these compassionate conversations should take place without political interference.
Screenshot of a post about a Senate vote to enact the Social Security Fairness Act, which would affect people whose Social Security is reduced because they draw pensions from other systems, such as Civil Service Retirement.
Picture of a long line of children waiting for polio vaccinations, Oklahoma City, 1959,