{"id":10270,"date":"2001-06-05T13:48:00","date_gmt":"2001-06-05T20:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10270"},"modified":"2020-09-12T16:17:24","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T23:17:24","slug":"canadian-physicians-for-life-corrects-planned-parenthood-alberta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10270","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Physicians for Life corrects Planned Parenthood Alberta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

News Release<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CANADIAN PHYSICIANS FOR LIFE<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

RE:  “Even doctors ethically must make referrals for abortion services, whether they morally support that or not.”  Melanie Anderson – Planned Parenthood Alberta  <\/em>(CTV News and Current Affairs Sat 02 Jun 2001)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The erroneous allegation that physicians who object to abortion for reasons of conscience are obliged to refer patients for the procedure continues to be promulgated in Alberta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our correspondence with Alberta College of Physicians and Surgeons registrar, Dr. Ohlhauser, states clearly that physicians do not have a professional obligation to refer a patient for an abortion.  The College requires, as does the Code of Ethics of the Canadian Medical Association, that physicians “inform a patient when their personal morality would influence the recommendation or practice of any medical procedure that the patient needs or wants.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A pro-life physician should declare her personal views to a pregnant patient considering an abortion, in order to place her subsequent discussion in context.  The doctor then has every right, indeed, a responsibility, to outline the potential mental and physical risks of abortion just as she would before prescribing a drug or weighing the merits of surgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A number of studies report a close correlation between abortion, especially of a first pregnancy, and breast cancer. Are Alberta physicians telling abortion seekers of this threat to their health? Are women being informed of the risk of post-abortion emotional trauma? Are patients being warned that some physicians’ ardent pro-abortion beliefs bias the “counselling” process?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A physician’s duty of care extends to two patients in the case of a pregnant woman – the woman and her unborn child.  For a woman to make a truly “informed decision” she must be presented with the facts of human embryology of her unborn child so that she will know that what she is aborting is a human being, not just a clump of cells or a piece of her own tissues.  Withholding basic information shows disrespect for women and is both dishonest and patronizing, since it implies that women are too weak to know the truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The suggestion that morally troublesome issues need only be referred to a colleague is oblivious to the principled objections of pro-life physicians. Increasingly exotic reproductive technologies may eventually offend even the most laissez-faire physicians.  There may come a day where no physician feels free from coercion to violate his or her conscience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Will Johnston, MD
President – Canadian Physicians for LifeContact: <\/strong>
Canadian Physicians for Life
10150 Gillanders Road; Chilliwack, BC  V2P 6H4
Phone:  604-794-3772  Fax:  604-794-3960
Email:  info@physiciansforlife.ca<\/a>
Visit us at:  www.physiciansforlife.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

News Release CANADIAN PHYSICIANS FOR LIFE RE:  “Even doctors ethically must make referrals for abortion services, whether they morally support that or not.”  Melanie Anderson – Planned Parenthood Alberta  (CTV News and Current Affairs Sat 02 Jun 2001) The erroneous allegation that physicians who object to abortion for reasons of conscience are obliged to refer … Continue reading “Canadian Physicians for Life corrects Planned Parenthood Alberta”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,32,5,10],"tags":[54,99,278,293],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-10270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-canada","category-ethics","category-news-releases","tag-alberta","tag-canadian-physicians-for-life","tag-planned-parenthood","tag-referral"],"yoast_head":"\r\nCanadian Physicians for Life corrects Planned Parenthood Alberta - 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