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    Opinion: An ultrasound on Instagram suggested the baby could be in danger. Does a physician have a duty to warn?

    An ultrasound on Instagram suggested the baby could be in danger. Does a physician have a duty to warn?
    by Casey Humbyrd and Kavita Shah Arora Jan 25, 2018 3 minutes
    After Joanna Gaines, co-host of HGTV's "Fixer Upper," shown here with her husband, Chip, posted an ultrasound of her baby on Instagram, a physician commented with a "diagnosis."

    Early this month, Joanna Gaines, co-host of HGTV’s popular “Fixer Upper,” shared her pregnancy news with the world via a baby bump photo , both posted to Instagram. The congratulations began pouring in from excited fans. But the conversation took a dark turn when a physician commented that the ultrasound appeared to show that Gaines’s baby might have . This is a potentially fatal condition in which abnormal amounts of fluid build up in a developing baby’s

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