Bioethics Think Tank: Defy ICE!

The American people voted for President Trump, in large part, because they want immigration law to be enforced across all of society. But many bioethicists think that health-care institutions should be uncooperative.

The Hastings Center is a core offender. It has just published its second major call in two months urging hospitals to defy ICE whenever legally possible. From "Plan, Safeguard, Care: An Ethical Framework for Health Care Institutions Responding to Immigrant Enforcement Actions":

There have been several recent efforts to outline the ethical duties of hospitals and other health care settings on how to respond to actions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement or other authorities concerning immigration enforcement in these settings. Here, we synthesize and build on those efforts, drawing on prior work by The Hastings Center, to create a practical ethical framework for health care institutions.

And what is that "ethical framework"?