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Legislative Matters: Healthcare ROC Physician Conscience Rights (AAPLOG [No date of publication was found. Much of the content is date-specific and could be out-dated already. One reference is made to the “end of 2008.]) Summary provided by Angie Thomas *I could not find a date on this article. Much of the content was date-specific and could be out-dated already. It says “at the end of 2008, AAPLOG seeks answers to these questions. Summary: ACOG’s recent Ethics Committee Opinion #385 leaves questions unanswered: 1. Do the Ethics Committee opinions bind ACOG members or is it “opinion”? 2. If it’s binding, can MDs be denied standing with the Board because they are not in compliance with ACOG ethical standards? Applicable Law: Church Amendments (1970s), Section 245 of Public Health Service Act (1996), Weldon Amendment to Fiscal year 2005(and subsequent years) Appropriations Act

Legislative Matters: Healthcare ROC

Physician Conscience Rights
(AAPLOG [No date of publication was found. Much of the content is date-specific and could be out-dated already. One reference is made to the “end of 2008.])

Summary provided by Angie Thomas

*I could not find a date on this article. Much of the content was date-specific and could be out-dated already. It says “at the end of 2008, AAPLOG seeks answers to these questions.

Summary:

ACOG’s recent Ethics Committee Opinion #385 leaves questions unanswered:
1. Do the Ethics Committee opinions bind ACOG members or is it “opinion”?
2. If it’s binding, can MDs be denied standing with the Board because they are not in compliance with ACOG ethical standards?

Applicable Law: Church Amendments (1970s), Section 245 of Public Health Service Act (1996), Weldon Amendment to Fiscal year 2005(and subsequent years) Appropriations Act