{"id":57204,"date":"2014-12-26T15:24:24","date_gmt":"2014-12-26T20:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=57204"},"modified":"2014-12-27T18:15:14","modified_gmt":"2014-12-27T23:15:14","slug":"national-obgyn-organization-releases-blatantly-pro-abortion-committee-opinion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/national-obgyn-organization-releases-blatantly-pro-abortion-committee-opinion\/","title":{"rendered":"National OB\/GYN organization releases blatantly pro-abortion committee opinion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Last month, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acog.org\/\">American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists<\/a> (ACOG) released a Committee Opinion entitled &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.acog.org\/Resources-And-Publications\/Committee-Opinions\/Committee-on-Health-Care-for-Underserved-Women\/Increasing-Access-to-Abortion\">Increasing Access to Abortion<\/a>.&#8221; In the opinion, ACOG unequivocally condemns pro-life legislation, contending that pro-life laws are bad for women (emphasis added):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Legislative restrictions fundamentally interfere with the patient-provider relationship and decrease access to abortion for all women&#8230; The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists calls for advocacy to <strong>oppose and overturn restrictions<\/strong>, improve access, and mainstream abortion as an integral component of women&#8217;s health care.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>However, as\u00a0an &#8220;integral component of women&#8217;s health care,&#8221; we have seen abortion do nothing to improve women&#8217;s health. As an elective procedure that is <a href=\"\/news\/abortion-ever-necessary-save-life-mother\/\">never medically necessary<\/a>, it could be concluded\u00a0that abortion&#8217;s only impact on women&#8217;s health from a medical perspective has been negative (<a href=\"\/news\/texas-gosnell-sued-for-nearly-killing-woman-in-abortion-as-new-details-revealed\/\">botched abortion<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifedynamics.com\/Pro-life_Group\/Pro-choice_Women\/\">maternal death<\/a>). And, of course, one person involved in the abortion decision <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iKrW7vP8W00\">almost<\/a>\u00a0<em>never\u00a0<\/em>makes it out alive: the child.<\/p>\n<p>Overlooking these points, however, ACOG made a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acog.org\/Resources-And-Publications\/Committee-Opinions\/Committee-on-Health-Care-for-Underserved-Women\/Increasing-Access-to-Abortion\">laundry list<\/a> of recommendations to &#8220;ensure the availability of safe, legal, and accessible abortion services free from harmful legal or financial restrictions.&#8221; Among these recommendations is the elimination of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.texasrighttolife.com\/prolifeworks\/TheEndofPro-LifeDemocratsWeShouldHopeNot.html\">federal Hyde amendment<\/a>\u00a0and ensuring public funding for abortion training that would <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aaplog.org\/position-and-papers\/mandatory-abortion-training-for-residents\/\">require medical students to\u00a0<\/a><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aaplog.org\/position-and-papers\/mandatory-abortion-training-for-residents\/\">opt out<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(if they had an objection).<\/p>\n<p>ACOG later directs its attack to <a href=\"http:\/\/studentsforlife.org\/prolifefacts\/cpcs\/\">crisis pregnancy centers<\/a>, claiming these centers &#8220;present themselves as health clinics offering pregnancy options services, but operate to dissuade women from seeking abortion care.&#8221; Ironically, the laws ACOG seeks to mitigate (such as mandatory counseling prior to abortion) are those that\u00a0<em>do\u00a0<\/em>provide \u00a0some level of informed consent to the mother. If showing women ultrasounds and apprising them of the risks associated with the abortion choice (which is what pregnancy centers do) &#8220;dissuades&#8221; women from abortion, those are facts speaking the truth for themselves. And women deserve to know the truth before an abortion.<\/p>\n<p>In the opinion&#8217;s conclusion, ACOG notes the stigma experienced by abortionists &#8220;in the workplace, in their communities, and from colleagues&#8221; among reasons why restrictions to abortion are harmful to &#8220;women&#8217;s health.&#8221; Clearly, abortion <em>restrictions<\/em>\u00a0&#8220;hurt&#8221; someone. 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