Category: Healthcare
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When Conscience Laws Cross the Line: A Tennessee Case Study of Denied Prenatal Care
How Tennessee’s 2025 Medical Ethics Defense Act enabled a physician to withhold care—and why that matters Case Study: Jonesborough, Tennessee – First Reported Denial of Prenatal Care to an Unmarried Woman In a Jonesborough town hall on July 2025, a 35‑year‑old woman shared her story: she was denied prenatal care by her OB‑GYN because she…
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Healthcare as a Constitutional Right: Pathways, Implications, and Implementation Strategies in the United States
Toward Equity and Justice in American Healthcare Policy The Current State of U.S. Healthcare The United States operates the most expensive healthcare system in the world but fails to provide universal access. Unlike other high-income nations, the U.S. treats healthcare as a market commodity rather than a guaranteed right. As of 2023, over 27.6 million…