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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUniversity of Minnesota caves to pressure on abortion rights fellowship
The Reproductive Rights Advocacy Fellowship, a one-year program for doctors, would have allowed the U to hire a doctor to train at Planned Parenthoods St. Paul facility. They would teach medical and nursing students how to perform stuff like IUD insertions, first trimester sonographies, endometrial biopsies, and abortions.
The course also included training in how to advocate for reproductive rights. It was the only fellowship of its kind in the Midwest.
But last week, the U removed the ad and stopped offering the fellowship. Jakub Tolar, the dean of the Medical School, issued a short statement with little explanation as to why:
"We have pulled the position from the website and are no longer hiring for this role. We will examine the value of this training in the context of our mission along with the values of the community."
Matt Lamb, a spokesperson for Students For Life, the nations largest student pro-life organization, says the U was responding to pressure from anti-abortion groups. It kind of goes against what medical training should be about, he says. Commiting abortions, as he calls it, is against medicine's mandate to help people make healthy choices.
The course also included training in how to advocate for reproductive rights. It was the only fellowship of its kind in the Midwest.
But last week, the U removed the ad and stopped offering the fellowship. Jakub Tolar, the dean of the Medical School, issued a short statement with little explanation as to why:
"We have pulled the position from the website and are no longer hiring for this role. We will examine the value of this training in the context of our mission along with the values of the community."
Matt Lamb, a spokesperson for Students For Life, the nations largest student pro-life organization, says the U was responding to pressure from anti-abortion groups. It kind of goes against what medical training should be about, he says. Commiting abortions, as he calls it, is against medicine's mandate to help people make healthy choices.
http://www.citypages.com/news/university-of-minnesota-caves-to-pressure-on-abortion-rights-fellowship/482411931
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University of Minnesota caves to pressure on abortion rights fellowship (Original Post)
ehrnst
May 2018
OP
I got yelled at when I said US healthcare has become more about power and social control than
ck4829
May 2018
#1
"Identity politics", never a name for the politics of those who benefit from the dominant narrative
ck4829
May 2018
#3
Bull. Shit. Having an abortion can be a very healthy choice. Having a hygienic legal
uppityperson
May 2018
#4
So the University caves to the Matt Lamb's of the world? Pathetic decision
Freethinker65
May 2018
#6
ck4829
(35,076 posts)1. I got yelled at when I said US healthcare has become more about power and social control than
you know, actually treating illness and injury.
Yet here it, clear as crystal, it being said that this is what medicine "should" be about.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)2. Healthcare specific to women has always been subject to that.
It's been most recently dismissed even on the left as a "social issue" and "identity politics."
ck4829
(35,076 posts)3. "Identity politics", never a name for the politics of those who benefit from the dominant narrative
Must be a bizarre coincidence, right?
Anyway, I added this to a file I'm making, as it is a clear case of "delegating morality" with a few more examples of what women face from the so-called greatest healthcare system in the world.
http://tpalladium.freeforums.net/thread/19/intro-evidence
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)7. Bookmarking your file
That's a great resource!
Thanks!
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)4. Bull. Shit. Having an abortion can be a very healthy choice. Having a hygienic legal
abortion is also a healthy choice. The Catholic dr I worked with said having abortions legal and safe saved lives. It can be a very healthy choice.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,341 posts)5. Abortion care is healthcare.
Freethinker65
(10,021 posts)6. So the University caves to the Matt Lamb's of the world? Pathetic decision