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CV NEWS FEED // Medical students from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston created an artificial intelligence (AI) simulator to practice “counseling” women to abort their unborn children.
Politico reports that students created the simulation in response to the state’s laws that can punish those who “aid and abet” abortion procedures after a child’s heartbeat can be detected.
Students developed the simulation “so they and their colleagues could practice walking someone through the medical risks and benefits of all options — including abortion,” according to Politico.
In a 2024 survey of third-year medical students who used the simulation, 65% of students reported “feeling more comfortable about eventually providing counseling and better prepared to work with patients,” the article stated.
The agency added that other medical students reported that the technology “did not fully simulate the emotional responses they might encounter.”
The simulation’s developers are considering how to use it for other “sensitive or restricted topics” within the school’s curriculum.
The University of Texas-Galveston did not respond to CatholicVote’s requests for comment.
