{"id":291701,"date":"2023-05-24T10:45:50","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T15:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=291701"},"modified":"2023-05-23T11:29:03","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T16:29:03","slug":"pro-abortion-pro-life-ob-gyn-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-abortion-pro-life-ob-gyn-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-abortion OB\/GYN group refuses to debate pro-life OB\/GYNs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The <\/span>American College of Obstetrician-Gynecologists (ACOG)<\/span><\/a> has refused to debate a pro-life OB\/GYN group, arguing that \u201cthe role of abortion in our patients’ lives is settled science.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The bizarre claim came in a dismissive response to an invitation from the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetrician-Gynecologists (AAPLOG) to a debate at Duke University, over whether induced abortion is a good medical practice. According to <\/span>the Washington Examiner<\/span><\/a>, ACOG CEO Maureen Phips said the group \u201cwill not debate abortion as an essential part of reproductive health care.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

AAPLOG President Dr. Christina Francis responded: “Stating that this is settled science ignores the fact that the vast majority of OBGYNs do not perform elective abortion.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

She added: “But it also clearly ignores the vast majority of the medical evidence out there that shows that elective abortions do not improve the health outcomes of our patients, and in many cases, actively worsen the health outcomes. What ACOG is trying to do is make it appear that all OBGYNs feel this way, when that’s very clearly not the case.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Studies and individual reporting have pointed to ties between abortion and various mental health complications and issues like substance abuse. Scores of anecdotes from \u201cForbidden Grief,\u201d \u201cThey Lied to Us,\u201d the Silent No More campaign, and Live Action\u2019s <\/span>\u201c<\/span>Can\u2019t Stay Silent<\/span><\/a>\u201d<\/span> report testify to this sad reality.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Walgreens<\/a><\/p>\n

Phipps\u2019 statement reflects growing hostility towards pro-life views and the twisted way pro-abortion forces attempt to excuse the slaughter of innocent, preborn children. The \u201cscience\u201d of abortion shows it\u2019s anything but care. Instead, it reveals a barbarity that ends one life and sometimes inflicts deep psychological or physical harm on another.<\/span><\/p>\n

At fertilization, preborn children have a unique set of DNA that leads to the first steps of development of their brain, spinal cord, and heart all within the first five weeks of gestation. The heart begins to beat just 16-21 days post-fertilization. By 6-7 weeks, doctors may be able to detect that heartbeat while the child’s eyes, ears, arms, and legs grow. Yet and still, ACOG has opposed heartbeat legislation designed to restrict abortions at this point.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The group has also <\/span>criticized<\/span><\/a> a law restricting abortion at 15 weeks, by which all of a baby\u2019s essential organs have started to grow, a baby\u2019s face is well-formed, genitals appear, and, according to some researchers, they may be able to feel pain. Last year, ACOG similarly attacked the Supreme Court\u2019s overturning of Roe v. Wade<\/em>, which effectively allows abortion up till birth when interpreted alongside its companion decision in Doe v. Bolton<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But as pregnancies progress, the evidence of life only becomes disturbingly more obvious. By week 26, the National Library of Medicine says, \u201c[a]ll parts of [a] baby\u2019s eyes are developed\u201d while \u201cfootprints and fingerprints are forming.\u201d A baby\u2019s eyelids can open and close by weeks 27 to 30 and their bones are fully developed by weeks 31 to 34.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

These facts may be why the organization has attempted to <\/span>soften language<\/span><\/a> surrounding late-term procedures.<\/span><\/p>\n

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