🟠 CHNC 2025 KEYNOTE - We must welcome open discussions on reproductive health
The Incubator Channel · 13 Nov 2025 · 28 min
Summary
A CHNC 2025 keynote by Dr Natasha Henner (Lurie Children's Hospital) on how changing reproductive policies, including restrictive abortion laws, are affecting neonatal practice, from counselling at the limits of viability to rising NICU admissions for infants with congenital differences. It covers the ethical tensions around life-limiting diagnoses, gaps in perinatal hospice and home care, shared frameworks with obstetric and palliative teams, and simulation training for moral distress and difficult conversations.
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