Are medical organizations that strongly advocate for until-birth abortion trustworthy?
The American medical establishment is fully embracing unrestricted abortion until birth. A recent column in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine exemplifies how activists are infiltrating and corrupting the soul of American medicine.
The authors of the article, Beverly Gray, M.D., and Jonas J. Swartz, M.D., affiliated with Duke University, advocate for abortion on demand without any restrictions. They proudly refuse to assist North Carolina legislators in drafting medical exceptions to abortion restrictions after the first trimester, as they oppose any limitations on abortion at any stage of pregnancy.
These doctors align themselves with extreme pro-abortion positions held by organizations like the American Medical Association (AMA) and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, revealing the capture of these groups.
The infiltration of partisan ideology is not unique to medicine but extends to other professional fields. Those who seek positions of influence within organizations are often activists and opportunists, rather than dedicated professionals.
Real Doctors Are Too Busy for the AMA
Professional associations claiming to represent doctors are easily influenced by radical factions because most doctors, like my father, prioritize their work and personal commitments over bureaucratic involvement. My father, a respected family doctor, had no association with the AMA and neither did any of his colleagues. He dedicated his time to patient care, his family, his church, and community service.
In contrast, doctors like those writing for the New England Journal of Medicine reconcile their radical pro-abortion stance by disregarding the harm caused to their patients. Advocating for an unlimited right to terminate unborn human lives requires a deliberate moral blindness, treating the developing fetus as mere property with no inherent rights.
Progressive Pieties
The activist doctors’ concern for marginalized communities, such as “black, Latinx, and indigenous people,” loses its benevolence when they advocate for the termination of more babies from these communities in the second and third trimesters.
Their claim that state control undermines patient and clinician autonomy contradicts their progressive beliefs. Leftists, who support abortion, still advocate for extensive government involvement and funding in other areas of healthcare.
This moral inconsistency and blindness may allow pro-abortion activists to dominate the medical profession, but it will never lead to the social justice they claim to pursue. Abortion contradicts the principles they espouse.
Our Obligations to the Weak
Solidarity begins in the womb. Our responsibility to the vulnerable and needy starts with protecting the unborn, who can offer nothing but their inherent human worth and dependence. The physician’s duty to do no harm should extend to the womb.
When pro-abortion doctors selectively apply this moral imperative, providing prenatal care and surgeries for wanted babies while endorsing violent death for unwanted ones, they fracture solidarity irreparably. Solidarity cannot be sustained when the fundamental human relationships of mother, father, and child become battlegrounds of selfishness, resulting in the destruction of the weakest among us.
The regime of unrestricted abortion favored by activists seeking control of American medicine is not healthcare. It transforms physicians into hired killers, eliminating one patient at the request of another. It degrades medicine from a healing vocation to a mercenary service that takes lives.
How does the argument for unrestricted abortion at any stage of pregnancy neglect the value and dignity of human life?
Or unrestricted abortion until birth is not only ethically troubling, but also medically unsound. Medicine is meant to prioritize the health and well-being of patients, and unborn children deserve the same protection and care as any other patient.
The argument put forth by Gray and Swartz, that there should be no limitations on abortion at any stage of pregnancy, ignores the inherent value and dignity of human life. It is a sad reflection of the current state of affairs in American medicine that such extreme positions are being advocated for by those within the profession.
The alignment of these doctors with organizations like the AMA and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is concerning. By promoting unrestricted abortion, these organizations are failing to uphold their responsibility to protect the lives of their most vulnerable patients. It is clear that the capture of these organizations by activists is a grave threat to the integrity of American medicine.
The infiltration of partisan ideology into professional fields is not limited to medicine. It is a widespread phenomenon that is eroding the credibility and trustworthiness of many institutions. Those who seek positions of influence within organizations often have their own agendas, and their actions may not reflect the best interests of the profession or the individuals they are meant to serve.
In the case of medicine, the primary focus should always be on patient care and promoting the health and well-being of individuals. Doctors should be too busy attending to their patients and their professional responsibilities to be involved in divisive political activism. This is not to say that doctors should not be advocating for their patients or speaking out on important issues, but any advocacy should be grounded in sound medical principles and a genuine concern for the well-being of patients.
My father, a dedicated family doctor, exemplified this commitment to patient care over bureaucratic involvement. He did not have any association with the AMA, yet he provided exceptional care to his patients, prioritized his family, and contributed to his community. His dedication to medicine was driven by a genuine desire to help others, rather than any political or ideological agenda.
The radical pro-abortion stance promoted by Gray, Swartz, and others like them undermines the fundamental principles of medicine and the sanctity of human life. It is imperative that the medical profession upholds its duty to protect and care for all patients, including the unborn. It is time for doctors and medical organizations to reject the influence of activists and reclaim the soul of American medicine. Our patients deserve nothing less.
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