(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) The American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology has threatened to revoke certifications of physicians who share pro-life information.
According to National Review, ABOG will attempt to revoke board certifications of any OB-GYN who spreads “misinformation and disinformation about contraception and abortion.”
“ABOG will review reports of dissemination of misinformation and disinformation about COVID-19, reproductive health care, contraception, abortion, and other OB-GYN practices that may harm the patients we serve or public health,” the statement reads.
“Eligibility to gain or maintain ABOG certification may be lost if ABOG determines that diplomates do not meet the standards that they have agreed to meet and that the public deserves and expects.”
ABOG is an open advocate for no-limits abortion. It’s been widely reported that the organization is not so concerned with giving patients proper care and good information, so much as pointing them in the direction of killing their children.
Critics of the move said the statement is an infringement of First Amendment rights, calling it out as an effort to target doctors who want to share the realities and dangers of abortions with their clients.
ABOG argued that certification is voluntary; however, the group has made it essentially impossible to practice without it. Many hospitals require the certification, and without it physicians would likely not get hospital admitting privileges.
If a physician’s board certification were to come under review or be revoked, state licensing agencies would likely trigger an investigation in their practice.
Investigations such as these may result in the loss of a license to practice.
“If ABOG, who is one of the major board-certifying bodies, says, ‘We’re going to pull your certification,’ you are basically destroying that doctor’s professional career,” said Donna Harrison, a long time OB-GYN and CEO of the American Association of Pro-Life OB-GYNs.
“They will not be able to practice in a hospital, and they’re done. This is not just an idle threat,” she warned. “This is the actual elimination of pro-life OB-GYNs from the profession of OB-GYN.”
