AAPLOG Response to the APA Task Force Report on Mental Health and Abortion September 2008 After months of study, the APA Task Force on Abortion and Mental Health report was voted on and accepted by the APA in August 2008. The sweeping conclusion: âThe best scientific evidence published indicates that among adult women who have an unplanned pregnancy, the […]
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AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN, PRETERM BIRTH, AND ABORTIONÂ WHAT IS THE ASSOCIATION? The huge increase in preterm birth in the United States (30% increase since 1981) is a major public health concern, both from the standpoint of infant morbidity/mortality (it is the leading cause of infant mortality and morbidity), and from the standpoint of the immense cost burden
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Reference: Preterm Birth: Causes, Consequences, and Prevention,” (National Academy of Science Press, July 06) This major publication has been applauded by ACOG, SART, and ASRM as an exceptional and comprehensive work on the problem of preterm birth.. ACOG is a co-sponsor of this work. With a careful search, one will find a single reference to
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THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PROLIFEÂ OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS September, 2008 Dear Members of the Presidentâs Council on Bioethics, This letter represents the combined request of over 2000 members of the American Association of Prolife Obstetricians and Gynecologists to the Council on Bioethics to consider writing an opinion on three ethical questions pertaining to the rights of
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AAPLOG Response to the APA Task Force Report on Mental Health and Abortion September 2008 After months of study, the APA Task Force on Abortion and Mental Health report was voted on and accepted by the APA in August 2008. The sweeping conclusion: âThe best scientific evidence published indicates that among adult women who have an
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…regarding the above letters, and the issue as we see it to date. AAPLOG to ABOG 9-9-08 copy
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AAPLOG â THE AMERICAN ASSN OF PRO-LIFE OB/GYNS www.aaplog.org prolifeob@aol.com Sept 08 ON THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN CEREBRAL PALSY / EXTREME PREMATURITY / INDUCED ABORTION ââŠ..then the relative risk for cerebral palsy among surviving VLBW infants would be 38 times that in the general population.â In the existing medical literature, there is very strong evidence of
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…objecting to Ethics Committee Opinion #385. See if you can understand what ACOG is actually saying to you. ACOG to Barb 9-08 Number 395
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