The nation’s largest organization of obstetricians and gynecologists has a chance to put patients first by offering clarity and education about pro-life laws to its more than 60,000 members, but it likely won’t because it hurts their abortion agenda.
American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG) CEO Dr. Christina Francis penned a letter to American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) CEO Dr. Sandra E. Brooks on Monday asking her to join the fight against media-led misinformation that seeks to demonize lifesaving laws in dozens of states.
Democrats and corporate media have falsely claimed that red-state legislation limiting abortion keeps doctors from doing their jobs, denies women treatment for miscarriages and ectopic pregnancies, and puts women seeking abortions at risk of prosecution and jail. Their lies, especially about the dangerous and sometimes fatal drugs responsible for more than half of the nation’s abortions, have undoubtedly put the lives of women like Amber Thurman, Candi Miller, and their babies at risk.
AAPLOG, Francis noted, has spent the two years following the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson decision bringing “clarity, and accuracy” about pro-life laws to doctors. Now, she and her organization are hoping that ACOG, “despite our differences in opinions on induced abortion,” can also “come together to improve education and patient outcomes.”
“Lying to patients and physicians can have deadly consequences. For our colleagues and
patients, medical organizations must commit to educating the public based on facts, not political
agendas (on either side),” Francis wrote.
According to Francis, ACOG can begin
