title: Ethical challenges in the new world of maternal-fetal surgery.
abstract: This article explores some of the complex ethical challenges that exist in the field of fetal diagnosis and treatment, especially surrounding maternal-fetal surgery. The rise of these new treatments force us to reconsider who or what is the fetus, what are our obligations to the fetus, and what are the limits to those obligations. In addition, we will consider provider and professional biases, disability issues, and how maternal-fetal surgery has, for a select group of women, changed the very experience of motherhood.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 423 Guardian Dr, FL 14 Market St, Suite 320, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Electronic address: antiel@mail.med.upenn.edu.
authors.forename: Ryan M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Antiel
mesh_terms: D033421:Beginning of Human Life / Q000941:ethics*; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D005328:Fetal Viability / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000941:ethics* / Q000523:psychology; D033261:Maternal-Fetal Relations / Q000523:psychology*; D028681:Moral Obligations; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D028723:Personhood; D011247:Pregnancy; D037841:Pregnant People / Q000523:psychology; D018570:Risk Assessment
keywords: Ethics; Fetal diagnosis; Fetal treatment; Maternal–fetal surgery