Abstract
In light of a history of categorical exclusion, it is critical that pregnant people are included in research to help improve the knowledge base and interventions needed to address public health. Yet the volatile legal landscape around reproductive rights in the United States threatens to undue recent progress made toward the greater inclusion of pregnant people in research. We offer ethical and practical guidance for researchers, sponsors, and institutional review boards to take specific steps to minimize legal risks and ensure the ethical conduct of research with pregnant people in an evolving legal environment.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 504-510 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 13 2023 |
Funding
The authors have no conflicts to disclose. Dr. Weinmeyer’s work was funded in part by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) University of Chicago and Northwestern University Predoctoral Health Services Research Program T32 HS000084 (Konetzka and Meltzer), and the Mary and Michael Jaharis Health Law Institute at the DePaul University College of Law. Professor Shah’s work was funded by grants R34DA050266 (Wakschlag) and U01DA55355 (Norton & Wakschlag) from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. McGowan’s work was funded by NIDA and the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering U01A055342 (Merhar and Vannest). The content in this article is the responsibility of authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of their funders. Acknowledgements
Keywords
- Abortion
- Health Law
- Human Subjects Research
- Pregnancy
- Research Ethics and Regulation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine
