{"id":173549,"date":"2017-10-20T18:07:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T22:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=173549"},"modified":"2017-10-20T18:46:52","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T22:46:52","slug":"uw-madison-falsely-claims-lose-accreditation-employees-cant-work-planned-parenthood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/uw-madison-falsely-claims-lose-accreditation-employees-cant-work-planned-parenthood\/","title":{"rendered":"Public university falsely claims it will lose OB-GYN accreditation if its employees can’t work for Planned Parenthood"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Wisconsin bill<\/a> would bar the University of Wisconsin at Madison staff from training its students to do abortions<\/a> at Planned Parenthood<\/a> as part of their OB-GYN residencies<\/a>. The university is vehemently opposing the bill, insisting it would lose its accreditation as a result. Planned Parenthood, who partners with the university in training its OB-GYN residents to do abortions, opposes the bill as well.\u00a0The Associated Press reports<\/a> on Assembly Bill 206:<\/p>\n

The bill would make it illegal for UW employees to train medical residents, or perform abortions, at Planned Parenthood or any other private facility where abortions are done, other than hospitals.<\/p>\n

Supporters say it’s needed to prevent state-funded employees at UW from being paid by Planned Parenthood, which they say is a way around a state law forbidding taxpayer-funded abortions.<\/p>\n

“This bill does not shut down abortions, this bill shuts down a residency training program,” testified Robert Golden, dean of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And Golden insists<\/a> that would \u201cdestroy\u201d a part of their medical school to not have their doctors committing abortions and teaching others to do likewise:<\/p>\n

Golden said the university has already been notified by ACGME that if the bill passes, the ob-gyn residency program would first be cited for non-compliance, and would then lose its accreditation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Golden also made dramatic statements, saying<\/a>, \u201cNobody would choose to come here\u201d for schooling if this bill passes. It’s reminiscent of the dramatic headlines and comments<\/a> that made rounds in 2011 when Arizona passed a similar bill. As a matter of fact, abortion proponents used the very same verb as their Wisconsin counterparts<\/a>, saying in 2011 that passing the Arizona bill, HB 2384<\/a>, would “destroy” the OB-GYN program at the University of Arizona.<\/p>\n

However, that program is still alive and well six years later, and has not had any lapse in accreditation, as its history shows<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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And this is something that Donna J. Harrison, M.D., executive director of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG)<\/a>, knows. She calls Golden\u2019s bluff, telling Live Action News:<\/p>\n

There is no reason that OB-GYN physicians should be forced to train in killing their unborn patients.\u00a0 Unfortunately, OB-GYNs get plenty of experience emptying the wombs of women whose babied have died [in miscarriage].<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Further, Harrison said that this assertion that the school would lose its accreditation is simply not the truth:<\/p>\n

It is not true that Catholic hospitals lose their OB-GYN training accreditation for not performing abortions, and it is similarly not true that UW Med would lose their accreditation for not performing abortions. This is a preposterous claim, designed to defend an indefensible alliance between a public institution and an abortion facility. The claim needs to be seen for the smokescreen that it is.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

READ: Uncovered documents: UW-Madison got fetal organs from Planned Parenthood<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

But what about the apparent mandate that the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has that its residents in OB-GYN programs be trained in abortion procedures? It is certainly true that it\u2019s part of their accrediting program. As the requirements note<\/a>:<\/p>\n

IV.A.6.d).(1) Programs must provide training or access to training in the provision of abortions, and this must be part of the planned curriculum.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While the way it\u2019s worded makes it sound like a requirement for accreditation, Harrison says, that\u2019s not true, adding:<\/p>\n

ACGME would love it to be mandated.<\/p>\n

However, they have never enforced this, nor is it enforceable because of the current federal conscience protections. And any attempt at enforcing this will spark a challenge which will certainly go to the Supreme Court.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Harrison is correct. For example, as the Capital Times reports<\/a>, “[one of the bill\u2019s sponsors] Andr\u00e9 Jacque noted that Arizona has a similar statutory provision, and its two state medical schools remain accredited.\u201d The Times also adds:<\/p>\n

Nothing in the bill would stop UW physicians from providing or training on abortions outside the scope of their employment, Jacque said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But within the scope of their employment, the bill would bar these public employees from teaching, training, or committing abortions – and that includes teaching them how to commit abortions like this second trimester D&E procedure, explained by former abortionist, Dr. Anthony Levatino:<\/p>\n