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Aug 31, 2013 Dear ProLife Colleagues, Your expertise and help can make a tremendous difference in the health of women in your state. AAPLOG is working in partnership with several legal organizations to present the facts about the effect of abortion on women. And these facts are compelling. Yesterday, the Iowa Board of Medicine voted to ban telemed abortions on behalf of the safety of women. ADF and AAPLOG submitted a key letter to the Iowa Board of Medicine. See the ADF release and the AP article below. Let’s celebrate this victory for women’s safety and health, which you make possible by your participation in AAPLOG. For Life, Donna Harrison, MD Exec Dir AAPLOG ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM COMMENT
August 30, 2013 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT MEDIA AND PUBLIC RELATIONS: (480) 444-0020 or www.adfmedia.org/home/contact The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Michael J. Norton regarding the Iowa Board of Medicine’s decision Friday to prohibit “webcam” abortions:

“Planned Parenthood and other abortionists should be accountable to basic health and medical standards. That at least includes a licensed professional personally meeting with women who are considering such a serious and potentially life-altering act. That’s why we commend the Iowa Board of Medicine for caring more about the health and safety of mothers than about the profits Planned Parenthood obtains through ‘webcam’ abortions. Chemical abortions pose serious health risks to women, so their care should not be taken lightly. No matter where people stand on abortion, all should be able to agree on that.” Letter from Alliance Defending Freedom and American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists to Iowa Board of Medicine in support of ban on “webcam” abortions (2013-08-21) Resource page: Thayer v. Planned Parenthood of the Heartland (Alliance Defending Freedom lawsuit filed on behalf of a former director of an Iowa Planned Parenthood facility that performed “webcam” abortions) Alliance Defending Freedom is an alliance-building, non-profit legal organization that advocates for the right of people to freely live out their faith. Subject: IOWA BOARD VOTES TO BAR ABORTION PILL SYSTEM http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ABORTION_PILL_DISPUTE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-08-30-15-05-00 IOWA BOARD VOTES TO BAR ABORTION PILL SYSTEM DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Board of Medicine has voted to ban a first-of-its-kind system in which doctors distribute abortion-inducing pills remotely to patients in clinics across the state. The board voted 8-2 during a meeting Friday. The earliest the rules could go into effect would be Nov. 6. Activists opposed to abortion rights sought to halt a long-distance video system used by Planned Parenthood of the Heartland. It lets doctors deliver pills to patients in clinics around Iowa after a video consultation. Board members who voted for the rule said they were concerned because patients don’t see a doctor in person and may not get follow-up care. But Planned Parenthood of the Heartland officials say the system helps women in remote areas and that they have received no complaints.