Doctors without conscience? On some matters…
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has bullied its members into either participating in abortions, or referring patients to abortionists……which is still participating. Never mind what their conscience or moral beliefs dictate.
ACOG has released a position statement entitled “The Limits of Conscientious Refusal in Reproductive Medicine.”
The paper targets pro-life physicians, insisting that physicians who object to doing abortions should refer patients to doctors who will do them.
And that’s not all…
ACOG also requests that pro-life doctors move their practices closer to abortion businesses so women can have a shorter drive to get an abortion when their physicians refuse to perform or refer for one.
Can you believe this?
A leading group for Christian doctors, the 15,000-member Christian Medical Association (CMA), has issued a challenge to the OBGYN organization…
In the letter, Dr. David Stevens, CMA’s director, tells ACOG that its new position statement, “suggests a profound misunderstanding of the nature and exercise of conscience.”
Stevens says ACOG has “an underlying bias against persons of faith and an apparent attempt to disenfranchise physicians who oppose ACOG’s political activism on abortion.”
“ACOG is not only out of touch with conscience-driven physicians, but also with our long-standing American tradition to protect the rights of citizens to not participate in conscience-violating actions-especially when those actions would take a human life,” Stevens added.
The groups say ACOG’s position will result in Christian doctors feeling pressured to exit the field of obstetrics.
Which is probably what any abortion activist would want.
“At a time when many communities are already suffering the loss of obstetricians and gynecologists forced out of their practices for economic reasons, it seems especially unwise to send such a message of ideological intolerance and religious discrimination,” the letter says.
Unwise, to say the least. Here’s what one doctor had to say:
Gene Rudd, MD, an obstetrician and gynecologist and the vice-president of CMA, told LifeNews.com that he has withdrawn his membership in ACOG after 25 years.
“My conscience can no longer support their lack of conscience,” he said.