Reproductive Justice

Understanding Tennessee’s Medical Ethics Defense Act

The conscientious objection law further shields physicians who refuse to take care of patients

Jul 24, 2025 • Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA

Patient Autonomy Crushed in Major Supreme Court Ruling

Medicaid recipients just lost a core protection. Learn how the Medina ruling erodes patient choice, autonomy, and access to essential care.

Jul 1, 2025 • Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA

Pregnant Georgia woman declared dead, kept in ICU over family's objection

Misogyny know a no bounds in the anti-patient autonomy movement

May 17, 2025 • Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA

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Responding to My Moral Injury

by reading a lot

Nov 9, 2024 • Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA

"Tell me about despair"

Grieve, gather strength, and lean into what matters most

Nov 6, 2024 • Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA

Ethical Challenges & Healthcare Inequities

A long, unhurried conversation with Jack Hopkins about being a bioethicist and anesthesiologist

Jun 17, 2024 • Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA

The Retrievals, Episode 5: The Outcomes

Episode 5 reveals how Yale’s IVF clinic prioritized live births over patient trauma. What health outcomes should actually matter in reproductive care?

Dec 1, 2023 • Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA

Sorry I've been gone & I miss you!

Busy-ness of Academic Fall + Global News Depression

Oct 28, 2023 • Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA

Curious Bioethics: Sept 11-17, 2023

🫄🏻Safe Ob/Gyn visits; UK surgeons & sexual harassment; Ashton & Mila's predator support letters; Child Poverty, Preventing physician deaths

Sep 17, 2023 • Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA

The Retrievals, Episode 4: The Clinic

This is not about one nurse who diverted medications

Aug 5, 2023 • Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA

Curious Bioethics: July 17-23, 2023

💊 "Mini-pill" birth control goes OTC; Texas infant mortality increase; victims sue over abortion exceptions; physician mental health; understanding…

Jul 23, 2023 • Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA

The Retrievals, Episode 3: The Sentence

A Yale nurse stole fentanyl meant for IVF patients. Episode 3 explores her sentence—and what justice looks like for victims, mothers, and medicine.

Jul 19, 2023 • Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA

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