PHM-Exch> article on dobbs, civil disobedience that might be of interest to the group

[martindonohoe at phsj.org]

For those interested, new article on Dobbs/civil disobedience, hoping to spark discussion/commentary

 

A Proposal for Organized Civil Disobedience by Academic Medicine to the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Association Decision – just out in Social Medicine 2023;16(1):40-42 

 

Article available at  <https://www.socialmedicine.info/index.php/socialmedicine/article/view/1477/2627> https://www.socialmedicine.info/index.php/socialmedicine/article/view/1477/2627 

 

Also available in Spanish at  <https://www.socialmedicine.info/index.php/socialmedicine/article/view/1477> https://www.socialmedicine.info/index.php/socialmedicine/article/view/1477 

 

Other very interesting articles in this issue….kudos to Florencia Pena and the editorial staff

 

Here is the abstract/thesis

The Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision could lead to half of states outlawing abortion. The medical profession has responded with statements of condemnation, protests, research, and setting up workarounds. Nonetheless, this will not prevent massive increases in morbidity, mortality, poverty (and possibly incarceration) of women, especially those of color and/or low SES.

Health care providers already face legal troubles related to care of patients crossing state borders, telemedicine, and determining when continuing a pregnancy constitutes a risk to a woman’s life. They can be prevented from offering sound medical advice and forced to mention unsupported “risks” of abortion.

The medical profession has the obligation to actively resist immoral laws which adversely impact our patients, and a proud history of such resistance (e.g., the Dutch under the Nazis and the Young Lords’ occupation of Lincoln Hospital). Given widespread support for abortion at academic medical centers, because their leaders promulgate treatment guidelines, and because they train the next generation of physicians to practice science-based, ethical, human-rights-oriented medicine respecting the sanctity of the doctor-patient relationship, AMCs should commit to providing full reproductive health care, including abortion, regardless of state laws. AMCs possess the necessary organizational structures and channels of communication to accomplish this rapidly. Combined with organized protests by groups and private citizens, “demands” to be incarcerated by huge numbers of women who have had abortions (and their partners), support from corporations and sympathetic attorneys, abortion on demand would rapidly become the de facto law of the land, ideally codified by Congressional legislation.

 

Sincerely,

Martin

 

Martin Donohoe MD FACP

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