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The AMA has resolved to give more support for medical students training in abortion, creating pressures for medical students who object to the procedure.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

At a special November online meeting of the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates \u2013 the organization\u2019s policy-making body \u2013 met to discuss issues facing the AMA, among which was the issue of abortion and training medical students to commit abortion procedures.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Med Page Today<\/span><\/a>, one California delegate called abortion a \u201ccritical critical aspect of caring for our patients\u201d and stated that a lack of abortion access \u201cdisproportionately impacts childbearing people of color from low income backgrounds.\u201d The abortion industry <\/span>targets low-income women of color<\/span><\/a>, and\u00a0Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion business in the United States, was founded by <\/span>noted eugenicist Margaret Sanger<\/span><\/a>, whose legacy the business defended for decades.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The stance comes as no surprise, as the AMA has a strong pro-abortion stance and has repeatedly opposed <\/span>pro-life pregnancy centers<\/span><\/a>, opposed the former administration\u2019s <\/span>Protect Life Title X rule<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>condemned Texas\u2019 pro-life SB8 law<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The AMA delegates debated whether such a curriculum should be default and require students to opt out, with at least one delegate raising objections to the idea. \u201c[…] I believe that an opt-out curriculum raises the sense of pressure and requirement that may compel medical students who otherwise are not comfortable with participating in abortion education to feel pressure to participate in such fashion, for fear of being negatively perceived by the faculty or fellow students as being lazy or uninterested, which may show up on their evaluations,” said one Ky Viet Quach, MD. “An opt-in option enables students who want to participate, to actively sign up, and those who don’t want to for whatever reason, whether it be personal, religious, or moral, to bypass without consequences.”<\/span><\/p>\n

However Dr. Quach\u2019s concerns were summarily dismissed. <\/span><\/p>\n

“While I appreciate the physicians are still human beings and individuals who bring their own morals and values to their practice, we should not be allowed to impose restrictions on legal and evidence-based care for patients,” a delegate from Nevada replied.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the AMA\u2019s website, the measure <\/span>appears to have been adopted<\/span><\/a>. The AMA\u2019s president, however, denied that students with conscience objections would experience any negative blowback. \u201cThe AMA recognizes the value of an immersive and comprehensive educational experience for residents and medical students in the provision of abortion care \u2013 while still respecting personal, religious, and moral convictions of all trainees,\u201d said Dr. Gerald E. Harmon.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Physicians\u2019 conscience objections have come under fire this year around the world. Around the U.S., abortion activists have been seeking to force pro-life physicians to partake in abortion against their own consciences, as Live Action News <\/span>reported<\/span><\/a>. U.S. Attorney General Xavier Becerra <\/span>dropped charges<\/span><\/a> against the University of Vermont Medical Center, which had forced a nurse to participate in an abortion \u2014 an act signaling that the Biden administration would oppose conscience protections. In June, the European Union (EU) Parliament <\/span>voted<\/span><\/a> to approve a resolution that called for the removal of pro-life conscientious objection legislation in member States. And a judge in New Zealand <\/span>ruled<\/span><\/a> that a physician\u2019s right to conscientious objection does not trump the \u201cright\u201d of women to obtain abortions.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The AMA has resolved to give more support for medical students training in abortion, creating pressures for medical students who object to the procedure.\u00a0 At a special November online meeting of the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates \u2013 the organization\u2019s policy-making body \u2013 met to discuss issues facing the AMA, among which was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":606,"featured_media":251072,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[4,3473],"tags":[19,14682,3067,6229,14,11798,5864],"yoast_head":"\nAMA votes to support abortion curriculum, which could negatively affect pro-life med students<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The AMA has resolved to give more support for medical students training in abortion, creating pressures for medical students who object to the procedure.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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