AMA adopts policy declaring government intrusion to medicine a violation of human rights

Government intrusion into medicine that hinders access to safe, evidence-based reproductive health services — such as abortion and contraception — is a violation of human rights, according to the AMA.The organization adopted a policy during its House of Delegates meeting to bolster its opposition to the criminalization of reproductive health services.AMA incoming president Jack Resneck Jr., MD, said in a press release that “a growing number of current and pending laws insert government into the patient-physician relationship by dictating limits or bans on reproductive healthRead More

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