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Roberts, MD, president of the American Academy of Family Physicians, is reported to have said that physicians do not have a &#8220;statutory, constitutional or ethical&#8221; duty to perform procedures to which they object, but that the medical profession has an obligation to help patients access necessary legal services. 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