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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,976 posts)
Wed Jun 15, 2022, 08:47 PM Jun 2022

American Medical Association declares abortion bans 'violation of human rights'

The largest medical association in the country has declared it will take any necessary legal steps to protect patients and doctors that seek and administer reproductive health services — including abortion and contraception.

The American Medical Association (AMA) announced Tuesday it was implementing a new policy that will expand legal protection for patients and physicians against government systems of control and punishment that criminalize reproductive health services.

It’s taking direct aim at multiple states, including Texas, Oklahoma, Idaho, Mississippi and more, that have enacted strict abortion bans. Many do not include exceptions for rape or incest and allow abortion providers to be sued and charged.

The AMA described governments intruding into medicine and impeding access to reproductive health services as, “a violation of human rights.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/american-medical-association-declares-abortion-192122434.html

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American Medical Association declares abortion bans 'violation of human rights' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2022 OP
K&R ck4829 Jun 2022 #1
K & R n/t xocetaceans Jun 2022 #2
Finally. FalloutShelter Jun 2022 #3
+1 crickets Jun 2022 #8
TY AMA! Docreed2003 Jun 2022 #4
Kickin' Faux pas Jun 2022 #5
Good! ShazzieB Jun 2022 #6
excellent Skittles Jun 2022 #7
...K&R... spanone Jun 2022 #9
GOOD. calimary Jun 2022 #10
About damned time! niyad Jun 2022 #11
Yes. About time. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2022 #12
This. Is. The. 21st. Century. lindysalsagal Jun 2022 #13
Really? Move to Texas and be of child bearing age. efhmc Jun 2022 #15
K&R! SheltieLover Jun 2022 #14
There's something you don't see every day. Hugin Jun 2022 #16

Docreed2003

(16,858 posts)
4. TY AMA!
Wed Jun 15, 2022, 09:11 PM
Jun 2022

Historically the AMA has been hesitant to take overtly political stances, but I applaud them for this move. Keep this up and I might even renew my membership

ShazzieB

(16,396 posts)
6. Good!
Wed Jun 15, 2022, 10:30 PM
Jun 2022

Of course, the forced birthers will scream about the supposed human rights of fetuses, embryos, blastocysts, and zygotes.

Let 'em scream. They need to get used to the idea that they do not, in fact, run the world or even the U.S.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,856 posts)
12. Yes. About time.
Wed Jun 15, 2022, 11:09 PM
Jun 2022

Far too many laws are passed where the legislature assumes they know more than doctors. It's more than past time for the AMA to strike back.

As for abortion, I can think of circumstances under which I would definitely have one, and other circumstances where I would not. But those are PERSONAL choices, and might not apply to anyone else. Which is exactly why each and every woman deserves the right to choose what's best for her.

Oh, and I'm currently 73 years old, so needing an abortion is a decades ago issue for me. As for men, remind me again how many get pregnant?

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