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The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program

Presents

A Montgomery Lecture

With

Cara Angelotta MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Director
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

What Happens When She Didn’t Know She Was Pregnant?
Legal, Ethical, and Psychiatric Issues

This talk will cover and discuss the phenomenon of very late pregnancy recognition, termed pregnancy denial, and the connection to criminalization of pregnancy. Drawing on cases from her forensic psychiatric experience, Dr. Angelotta will outline the complex legal, ethical, and psychiatric issues encountered when an individual is charged with a crime related to giving birth alone after an unrecognized pregnancy. 

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