If the practice of maternal-fetal medicine sometimes results in abortion, can a physician strongly opposed to abortion maintain his own integrity and still practice in this field? reconcile these personal convictions with professional practice are open to question, we do not think that the failure of this project is a foregone conclusion. A number of reconciliation strategies are possible, and at least some of these warrant careful atten-tion. We will explore five such strate-gies in the course of this paper: the" I'm only providing information" strategy, the foreseeing versus intend-ing strategy, the" Better me than someone else" strategy, the prevent-ing unnecessary abortions strategy, and last and perhaps most promisingly, the harmonization of values strategy.

We believe that physician integrity is a value of fundamental importance in the practice of medicine.! Al-though as professionals, physicians naturally identify with, feel re-sponsible for, and take pride in the proficiency, skill, and technique with which they perform medical tests and administer treatments, these func-tions are not value free or value