After Monday, I will have given several talks on Abigail Alliance, and I agree with Glenn Cohen’s perspective that the scope of the constitutional issue does not exhaust the ethical inquiry. I’m particularly fascinated by some of the issues relating to the therapeutic misconception, to the notion of informed consent (of what — purely or mostly unknown risks?), and to the fascinating issues of parens patriae vs. the Millian-style autonomy of the individual to allocate risks to themselves.

Clearly, the case bears watching, and the ethical and policy issues underlying it as well.