When:
Thursday, March 30, 2017
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM CT
Where: Robert H Lurie Medical Research Center, Searle Seminar Room (Ground Floor), 303 E. Superior, Chicago, IL 60611 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Contact:
Bryan Morrison
(312) 503-1927
Group: Medical Humanities & Bioethics Lunchtime Montgomery Lectures
Category: Lectures & Meetings
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities and Bioethics program presents
A Montgomery Lecture
with
Katie Watson, JD
Associate Professor, Medical Education
Faculty, Medical Humanities & Bioethics Graduate Program
Member, Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Ordinary Abortion
Many physicians and patients privately experience abortion as ordinary healthcare, while many public discussions of abortion treat it as extraordinary. In this lecture, Professor Watson will explore the reasons behind this public/private disjuncture, the cost of highlighting extreme cases on both sides of the issue, and the potential benefit of refocusing the public abortion discussion on the hidden majority of abortion need and the quiet majority of abortion opposition.