Glia
07-13-2013, 11:46 PM
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynocologists (ACOG) defends the right of women to make their own health care decisions... when it creates an income stream for them!
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... Around midnight Friday night, the Texas senate passed House Bill 2 (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/07/12/protesters-texas-abortion-debate/2514025/), which requires doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, allow abortions only in surgical centers, limit where and when women may take abortion-inducing pills and ban abortions after 20 weeks. Only five out of 42 existing abortion clinics meet the requirements to be a surgical center, and clinic owners say they can’t afford to upgrade or relocate.
ACOG speaks up for women
Leading up to the proceedings in Texas, ACOG released an open letter, titled, “Get out of Our Exam Rooms.” (https://www.acog.org/About_ACOG/News_Room/News_Releases/2013/Open_Letter_to_Texas_Legislators#.Ud1c4XBps-4.facebook) I have to tell you, I loved it. From the snarky-ness of the title to the logical and educated responses to the legislative nonsense it was a surprising in-your-face call to politicians to pull their hands out from where they have no business groping around.
But that euphoria was instantly mixed with confusion. Wait a minute, I thought. How is it that this organization is telling politicians that they have no place making health care decisions for women – that these choices should be between a woman and her care provider – while they simultaneously work to restrict women’s rights in birth? (See here (https://birthanarchy.com/oppressive-midwifery-laws-california) for their deep investment in limiting a woman’s birthing rights in California.)
In quoting the major medical organizations’ position (American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Surgeons, and the American College of Physicians) in The New England Journal of Medicine, they assert:
“Legislators, regrettably, often propose new laws or regulations for political or other reasons unrelated to the scientific evidence and counter to the health care needs of patients. Legislative mandates to the practice of medicine do not allow for the infinite array of exceptions where the mandate may be unnecessary, inappropriate, or even harmful to an individual patient. …Lawmakers would also do well to remember that patient autonomy as well as individual needs, values, and preferences must be respected.”
Read the rest on the Birth Anarchy blog at
https://birthanarchy.com/acog
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... Around midnight Friday night, the Texas senate passed House Bill 2 (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/07/12/protesters-texas-abortion-debate/2514025/), which requires doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, allow abortions only in surgical centers, limit where and when women may take abortion-inducing pills and ban abortions after 20 weeks. Only five out of 42 existing abortion clinics meet the requirements to be a surgical center, and clinic owners say they can’t afford to upgrade or relocate.
ACOG speaks up for women
Leading up to the proceedings in Texas, ACOG released an open letter, titled, “Get out of Our Exam Rooms.” (https://www.acog.org/About_ACOG/News_Room/News_Releases/2013/Open_Letter_to_Texas_Legislators#.Ud1c4XBps-4.facebook) I have to tell you, I loved it. From the snarky-ness of the title to the logical and educated responses to the legislative nonsense it was a surprising in-your-face call to politicians to pull their hands out from where they have no business groping around.
But that euphoria was instantly mixed with confusion. Wait a minute, I thought. How is it that this organization is telling politicians that they have no place making health care decisions for women – that these choices should be between a woman and her care provider – while they simultaneously work to restrict women’s rights in birth? (See here (https://birthanarchy.com/oppressive-midwifery-laws-california) for their deep investment in limiting a woman’s birthing rights in California.)
In quoting the major medical organizations’ position (American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Surgeons, and the American College of Physicians) in The New England Journal of Medicine, they assert:
“Legislators, regrettably, often propose new laws or regulations for political or other reasons unrelated to the scientific evidence and counter to the health care needs of patients. Legislative mandates to the practice of medicine do not allow for the infinite array of exceptions where the mandate may be unnecessary, inappropriate, or even harmful to an individual patient. …Lawmakers would also do well to remember that patient autonomy as well as individual needs, values, and preferences must be respected.”
Read the rest on the Birth Anarchy blog at
https://birthanarchy.com/acog