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The complex ethical, medical, and psychological issues relating to women's health & abortion are nuanced and often non-intuitive. An OB/Gyn doc joins me to help us better understand.\nDr. Alexandre (Alex) West is an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Connecticut. Here's a link with support services for people with peripartum mood and anxiety disorders, pregnancy loss, and pregnancy termination for medical reasons. Here's another link for emotional support following pregnancy termination. And here's information on birth control, miscarriage management and abortion.\nVideo: https://zdoggmd.com/abortion-facts/\nTopics & Timecodes\n00:00 Intro\n03:13 Scope of obstetrics, abortion as a part of the entire reproductive journey, legislator qualifications (or lack thereof)\n07:46 Factors leading to unwanted pregnancy, nuances of birth control including eligibility, access & effectiveness\n11:41 Ethical considerations including autonomy (personal control),\xa0maleficence (helping) & non-maleficence (not doing harm)\n19:00 How pregnancy "weeks" are calculated, fetal cardiac activity, PCOS\n24:27 Ethics of maternal autonomy vs. fetal autonomy\n28:49 Ectopic pregnancy\n35:33 The moral matrix, Alt-Middle perspective, mental health, postpartum depression & legislation as a barrier\xa0\n40:59 Nuance surrounding the definition of "life-threatening," medical decision-making & potential provider legal implications\n45:31 The morning after pill, medication & procedural termination options, Mifepristone & Mifepristol\n52:40 Tools, team & trust, teratogenic pregnancies, diabetes & cancer in pregnancy\n1:01:44 Preventing unwanted pregnancies, need for education, birth control access, managing baseline health conditions, social determinants of health\n1:07:21\xa0Mindfulness, trauma, ACOG's policy on abortion, the physician/patient relationship, final thoughts\n\nVideo show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form:\xa0https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd\n\n\nSupport us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd\n\n\nMore about Dr. Z:\xa0https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/\n\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices