Fri Sep 2, 2022 – 4:19 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) – The American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG), which represents 7,000 medical professionals who reject the left-wing orthodoxy of the medical establishment, is pushing back against the framing of abortion as “health care” with a new point-by-point fact sheet.
The document, Myth vs. Fact: Correcting Misinformation on Maternal Medical Care, begins by challenging the left-wing American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists’ (ACOG’s) assertion that “providing comprehensive medical care” means “working to ensure that all patients can access the full spectrum of maternal, sexual, and reproductive health care options, including abortion.”
AAPLOG noted that ACOG “has actively opposed doctors who do not agree with the group’s radical positions, and it refuses to represent the diversity of professional views in the OB/GYN community as a whole,” including “rarely survey[ing] their members about their position and opinions on abortion,” and that its own positions fall well outside of the mainstream, including “ignoring the wealth of evidence showing significant harms to women from abortion, such as adverse mental health outcomes and an increased risk of preterm birth in future pregnancies”; “refus[ing] to support ultrasounds prior to abortions”; and “oppos[ing]
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