Last weekās episode of our weekly podcast featured special guest U.S. Senator James Lankford of Oklahoma. In this episode, Senator Lankford and AAPLOG CEO Dr. Christina Francis sat down together to discuss the Senatorās recently introduced bill protecting medical professionalsā conscience rights. The Conscience Protection Act, which was introduced to the Senate on June 12, […]
Above: Dr. Francis (center) and Melissa Ohden (right) advocating for pregnant women and preborn children at the Senate HELP Committee hearing. Photo Credits: Senate Photo Studio On Tuesday, June 4, AAPLOG CEO and board-certified OB/GYN Dr. Christina Francis testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) on the impact of
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On June 13, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the physicians and medical professional organizations challenging the U.S. Food and Drug Administrationās (FDA) decision to remove key safeguards to the abortion drug mifepristone. This unanimous decision followed the March 26 hearing in which the challengers, including AAPLOG, argued before the nationās highest court that the
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AAPLOG would like to congratulate Dr.ās Catherine Stark and Dermot Kearney for being among the four pro-life leaders who received the 2024 Peggy Hartshorn Servant Leader Award. This annual award, offered by Heartbeat International at their 53rd annual conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, ārecognizes individuals in the pregnancy help movement who have given of
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AAPLOG and the American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) have secured Dr. Miriam Grossman, MD as a keynote speaker for the 2025 Matthew Bulfin Educational Conference (MBEC). MBEC 2025 will be held from February 28 ā March 2 in Orlando, Florida. The conference theme will be āThe Way of Medicineā. Dr. Grossman is board-certified in child,
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The Spring 2024 issue of the open access, peer-reviewed journal Issues in Law & Medicine is now available online. This edition features six articles, such as: United Kingdom Data Deficiencies Influencing U.S. FDA Decisions – The U.S. FDA has permanently removed the in-person prescribing requirements that previously safeguarded the use of mifepristone/misoprostol medical abortions, allowing
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On May 20, the Heritage Foundation announced its decision to name AAPLOG as one of its 2024 Innovation Prize winners. We will be granted $100,000 to help fund the creation of an online course about abortion pill reversal (APR) to be offered to medical professionals and hospital systems. The Heritage Foundationās Innovation Prizes were established
Above: AAPLOG CEO Dr. Christina Francis and AAPLOG Colorado leaders Dr. Tom Perille and Dr. Catherine Wheeler with Colorado Christian University students. The 3 physicians shared with the students the importance of advocating for our patients and the harms of induced abortion for women. On April 12, AAPLOG also launched its first-ever state chapter, AAPLOG
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Above: Medical professionals at the AAPLOG booth at the Colorado March for Life On Friday, April 12, March for Life hosted the first-ever Colorado State March for Life in front of the State Capitol in Denver. The March, co-sponsored by local coalition Pro-Life Colorado, saw nearly 4,000 pro-life advocates marching through downtown Denver. AAPLOG was
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On April 24, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Idaho v. United States, the case challenging the U.S. Department of Health & Human Servicesā weaponization of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) to force emergency physicians to perform induced abortions on demand. In this case, the state of Idaho challenged a lower courtās
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