Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America and U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops et al., Amici Curiae
Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops are joined in this brief by nine other religious and antiabortion groups. The following is excerpted from the Amici Curiae Brief for Respondents as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 29, 2024. The requirement that a health-care provider obtain a patient’s freely given informed consent before medical treatment is firmly established in law and is a cornerstone of modern bioethics. The patient’s decision must be based on adequate disclosure of the diagnosis, the proposed treatment, its benefits, risks and alternatives, and the patient must have capacity…
