Where has the medical profession stood on the appropriateness of this federal legislation?
Interestingly, some of the major voices of organized medicine took starkly contrasting positions. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) opposed the ban because “the intervention of legislative bodies into medical decision-making is inappropriate, ill-advised and dangerous.” Furthermore, ACOG noted that the term “partial birth abortion” is “a nonmedical term apparently referring to a particular abortion procedure known as intact dilatation and extraction (intact D&X), a rare variant on a more common midterm abortion procedure known as dilatation and evacuation (D&E).” While there may be no circumstance in which an intact D&X is the only means of protecting the life or preserving the health of the pregnant woman, “it may be the best or most appropriate procedure in a particular circumstance … and only the doctor, in consultation with the patient … can make this decision.” The American Medical Association agreed to support the proposed legislation once two provisi
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