{"id":315638,"date":"2024-07-16T12:49:44","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T17:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=315638"},"modified":"2024-07-15T22:32:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T03:32:31","slug":"pro-life-obgyn-group-advocacy-arm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-life-obgyn-group-advocacy-arm\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-life OBGYN group starts advocacy arm to ‘close the gap’ between medical practitioners and policymakers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Pregnancy Help News<\/a>) The American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists<\/a> (AAPLOG) has established an advocacy initiative aiming to provide a voice for those not normally heard in the battlegrounds where the lives of women and children are at risk.<\/p>\n

AAPLOG Action<\/a> is the \u201cadvocacy arm of the largest organization of pro-life medical professionals nationwide,\u201d according<\/a> to the press statement for the launch of the organization, a 501(c)(4). More than 7,000 OB-GYNs and other medical professionals are part of the group.<\/p>\n

Dr. Christina Francis, a board-certified OB-GYN and CEO of both AAPLOG and AAPLOG Action, spoke to Pregnancy Help News<\/em> via email about AAPLOG Action\u2019s founding.<\/p>\n

\u201cAAPLOG Action is committed to not only understanding the healthcare needs of all our patients (pregnant and preborn), but also to closing the gap between those who practice medicine and those who develop the policies that affect their practice,\u201d Francis said. \u201cThe group has already endorsed legislation on Capitol Hill to increase safety for women who are exposed to dangerous abortion drugs, as well as preserve conscience rights so that life-affirming doctors will never be forced to participate in induced abortions against their will.\u201d<\/p>\n

AAPLOG is already using its voice to gain a presence on media platforms and the websites of pro-life U.S. officials.<\/p>\n

\u201cU.S. Representative @GregSteube (R-Fla.) has introduced the Women\u2019s Protection in Telehealth Act<\/a>, aiming to ban Medicare funds for providers using telehealth for abortion services,\u201d AAPLOG shared on its Instagram page on June 14. \u201cThis legislation ensures no Medicare payments to providers who conduct tele abortions without a physical exam, in-person presence, and follow-up visit.\u201d<\/p>\n

The legislation was prompted by the FDA having removed the in-person dispensing requirement<\/a> for the abortion drug mifepristone.<\/p>\n