{"id":95417,"date":"2016-06-02T12:30:38","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T16:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=95417"},"modified":"2016-09-01T16:03:53","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T20:03:53","slug":"pro-abortion-media-still-shocked-that-religious-pro-life-health-providers-oppose-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-abortion-media-still-shocked-that-religious-pro-life-health-providers-oppose-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-abortion media still shocked that pro-life health providers oppose abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Will abortion supporters\u00a0ever come to terms with the fact that they\u2019re the only ones who think abortion is synonymous with \u201cmedical care\u201d? Apparently not, since Nicole Knight Shine at Rewire (formerly RH Reality Check<\/a>) has what seems like the millionth \u201cscoop<\/a>\u201d on the \u201cscandal\u201d of pro-life religious health providers declining to promote abortion.<\/p>\n

MomDoc is Mormon-owned and the largest OB\/GYN network in Arizona. You might think it obvious that an organization affiliated with a church that believes<\/a> elective abortion to be \u201ccontrary to the will and the commandments of God\u201d and makes participating in abortion grounds for loss of membership would not be the place to look for an abortion, but at Rewire, apparently you need to have your reporters call MomDoc and ask for abortions to figure it out.<\/p>\n

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MomDoc imposes a virtual gag order on employees when it comes to abortion care, as a half-dozen former OB-GYNs, nurse practitioners, and support staff told Rewire in a series of recent interviews by phone and email. What they described affords a window into the workings of a private medical practice, one that opposes abortion care and attempts to suppress abortion access on religious grounds.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Once again, we see that pro-aborts have no idea what “access” means<\/a>. None of MomDoc\u2019s activities described by Rewire in any way stop anyone from getting an abortion from a willing provider anywhere else in Arizona. It\u2019s like saying I\u2019m denying people \u201ctransportation access\u201d by locking my car.<\/p>\n

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Ethical guidelines from the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), a professional organization of 57,000 members, advise physicians who object to abortion on religious grounds to notify patients beforehand and to refer them to abortion providers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

But according to Rewire\u2019s own calls, MomDoc was perfectly upfront about not doing abortions as soon as callers asked about them. They\u2019re supposed to notify callers they oppose abortion before<\/em> they call how<\/em>, exactly?<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou need to give your patients all the options so they can make their own choice,\u201d Julie Kwatra, legislative chair of the Arizona chapter of ACOG, told Rewire in a phone interview. \u201cNot telling a patient information is in opposition to every rule of medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Which would be a great point\u2026 if abortion itself wasn\u2019t \u201cin opposition to every rule of medicine\u201d:<\/p>\n