The acceptable standard of care for any patient undergoing a medical or surgical procedure would include obtaining her informed consent. This would include that she be informed of the risk of any potential complications of the procedure attested to in the evidence-based literature. To do less than this would be unethical. This standard is set […]
New Jersey Hospital Defies Court Order by Karla Dial The Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) on Friday filed a motion for an emergency court order after a New Jersey hospital sent a letter to 12 pro-life nurses requiring them to attend a meeting to discuss reassigning their duties or transferring them to another hospital. According to
Dear ProLife Colleague, Attention: TEXAS doctors, esp ObGyn and FP: Linda Schlueter, president of the Trinity Legal Center (San Antonia, TX) is asking for your help as they try to get the Texax Sonogram legislation out of litigation and into action. She simply needs a statement (affidavit) by you of your standard use of ultrasound
By Seth Augenstein/The Star-Ledger The Star-Ledger NEWARK — Standing on the steps of the school’s administration building, 12 nurses today accused the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey of abruptly forcing them to assist in abortion cases, despite religious and moral objections to the procedures. “In October, we were suddenly confronted with a
Dear ProLife Colleague: Below see continuing assult on the right of conscience. The implications for all of us are huge. Be informed re: the battle in the war on your religious conscience convictions. The assault on the First Amendment of the US Constitutioin could not be more plain. Nor more serious. Hospital Told Nurses: Assist
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Canadian authors Mota, Burnett, and Sareen affiliated with the University of Manitoba published a study entitled “Associations Between Abortion, Mental Disorders, and Suicidal Behaviour in a Nationally Representative Sample” in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, Vol 55, No 4, Aprtil 2010. The study affirms results of many previous studies on abortion and mental health. The
Dear ProLife Colleague, As you may be well aware of, the forces of mainstream psychology are bent on proving that abortion is a benign psychological experience for most women. The APA Task Force report of 2008 is a classic example of this agenda (see AAPLOG critique at https://www.aaplog.org/complications-of-induced-abortion/induced-abortion-and-mental-health/aaplog-response-to-the-apa-task-force-report/ Here is another example of authors brave
Dear ProLife Colleague, In our Oct 6 letter, we mentioned the persistent pressure on the United Nations level to establish elective abortion as a “fundamental human right,” (making us prolife physicians deniers of basic human rights). This has been in the works a long time. Here is some history: At a 1999 conference on Population
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Dear Prolife Colleague, We try to keep you current on world scene abortion info. Our Sept 23 email letter to you detailed a report by the U.N. Human Rights Council which declares elective abortion to be a fundamental human right, linked to the “right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.” There
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Dear ProLife Colleague, Sept of this year marks the 8th anniversary of the death of Holly Patterson. You did not know Holly. She was a lovely blond just 18 year old girl in California who had an unplanned pregnancy. On Sept 10, mid level clinicians at the Hayward, CA planned parenthood office gave her 200
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