A national physician's group has approved a pro-life resolution at its annual meeting, stating the doctors' Hippocratic oath does not allow them to perform abortions.
The American Association of Physicians and Surgeons, at its 60th annual meeting in Point Clear, Ala., last month, adopted a platform that "clearly opposes" the procedure and recognizes the "teachings of the major religions of the world have [also] opposed abortion of a developing human child until very recent times."
"Even if religion is removed from the issue of abortion of a human child, without life as the ultimate ethic, no objective ethical standard remains," said the resolution.
The Tucson, Ariz.-based physician's group says it is "dedicated to the highest ethical standards of the Oath of Hippocrates and to preserving the sanctity of the patient-physician relationship and the practice of private medicine." The group's...
Dr. Alan Cairns | 6/22/2009
