Including Pregnant and Lactating Women in Clinical Research: Moving Beyond Legal Liability

Margaret Foster Riley

doi:10.1001/jama.2024.6874

Including Pregnant and Lactating Women in Clinical Research: Moving Beyond Legal Liability

JAMA. 2024 May 21;331(19):1619-1620. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.6874.

Author

Margaret Foster Riley¹

Affiliation

¹ School of Law, Miller Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville.

PMID: 38598322
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.6874

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This Viewpoint summarizes a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine that encourages the inclusion of pregnant and lactating individuals in clinical research.

MeSH terms

Biomedical Research* / legislation & jurisprudence
Female
Humans
Lactation
Liability, Legal*
Patient Selection*
Pregnancy
Pregnant Women
United States