AAPLOG

“As physicians who have provided care for families like the Coxes who received difficult diagnoses for their preborn children, our hearts go out to them for what they have been through.  Families in this situation deserve accurate information about their child’s diagnosis – that pregnancies with potentially life-limiting fetal diagnoses can be carried to term

The Fifth Circuit ruling in Texas v. Becerra allows physicians to continue to provide life-affirming care to patients. In an abuse of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), the Biden Administration previously attempted to force physicians to perform induced abortions in violation of their oath they took to never intentionally harm their patients. Induced abortion,

Women and all patients should have the ongoing care of a doctor when taking high-risk drugs. But the FDA abandoned its own safety standards and the health of women and girls when it allowed mail-order abortions. This means that women now perform their own abortions at home alone without ever having seen a medical professional.

A victory for our patients. Over the past two decades, the FDA has repeatedly removed necessary safeguards on the chemical abortion drugs mifepristone and misoprostol. These deregulations have placed women and girls at greater risk of life-threatening complications, as well as coerced abortion by abusers and traffickers. Today’s ruling by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

The baseless narrative that the U.S.’s poor maternal health is attributable to abortion regulations only serves to harm women.  Several weeks ago, we responded to these claims by abortion advocates on social media, refuting them and calling attention to the factors that actually contribute to the maternal mortality crisis in this country. Yet this narrative attempting to connect the 2021 surge in

Life-affirming medical professionals share the objective of promoting optimal healthcare for both pregnant women and preborn children. To achieve this goal, it is essential that we use precise, medically accurate language to describe the pregnancy-related practices which intentionally harm our patients. It is especially necessary to distinguish these practices from medical interventions that separate a

Ohio’s proposed constitutional amendment on abortion should concern both medical professionals who care about the health of their patients as well as citizens concerned about their healthcare.   Patients in Ohio can already receive the excellent care they need under current state laws. Under current state law, physicians can provide care for women with life-threatening pregnancy