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Key Texts:
- American Association of Pro-Life OB/GYNs (AAPLOG). Practice Guideline 2: Fetal Pain. 2021. Full text here.
- AAPLOG. Practice Guideline 5: Abortion and Preterm Birth. 2021. Full text here. (See also PG 11, statistical examination of the same data, full text here.)
- AAPLOG. Committee Opinion 9. Restrictions on Medication Abortion. 2021. Full text here.
- Christian Medical and Dental Association (CMDA) Position Statement on Abortion. 2021. Full text here.
- AAPLOG. Practice Guideline 12: Selective Reduction. 2021. Full text here.
- AAPLOG. Practice Guideline 8: Medication Abortion. 2020. Full text here.
- AAPLOG. Practice Guideline 10: Defining Abortion. 2020. Full text here.
- AAPLOG. Committee Opinion 8. Abortion and Breast Cancer. 2020. Full text here.
- AAPLOG. Practice Guideline 6: The Reversal of the Effects of Mifepristone by Progesterone. 2019. Full text here.
- AAPLOG. Practice Guideline 7: Abortion and Mental Health. 2019. Full text here.
- AAPLOG. Committee Opinion 6: Abortion and Maternal Mortaity. 2019. Full text here.
- AAPLOG. Practice Guideline 4: Counseling the Abortion-Vulnerable Patient. 2018. Full text here.
- AAPLOG. Practice Guideline 3: Periviable Induction of Labor. 2017. Full text here.
- AAPLOG. Committee Opinion 2: Dismemberment Abortion. 2017. Full text here.
- AAPLOG. Committee Opinion 3: Post-Viability Abortion. 2017. Full text here.
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. ACOG Committee Opinion No. 385 November 2007: the limits of conscientious refusal in reproductive medicine. Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Nov;110(5):1203-8. Full text here.
- American College of Pediatricians. Induced Abortion and Adolescents: Position Statement. 2016. Full text here.
- American College of Pediatricians. Parental Involvement in Adolescent Abortion: Position Statement. 2016. Full text here.
- CMDA Position Statement on Beginning of life. 2006. Full text here.
- ACOG Abortion Policy. 2005. Full text here.
- CMDA Scientific Statement on Abortion and Breast Cancer. 2003. Full text here.
Key Abstracts:
- Kalinowski K, Buskmiller C, Ward DG. Reproductive Services and Conscience-Based Refusals in Obstetrics and Gynecology Training. Linacre Q. 2021 ePub ahead of print. Abstract here.
- Desai S, Jones RK, Castle K. Estimating abortion provision and abortion referrals among United States obstetrician-gynecologists in private practice. Contraception. 2018 Apr;97(4):297-302. Full text here.
- Fleming V, Frith L, Luyben A, Ramsayer B. Conscientious objection to participation in abortion by midwives and nurses: a systematic review of reasons. BMC Med Ethics. 2018 Apr 27;19(1):31. Full text here.
- Drife JO. Conscience and abortion. BJOG. 2018 Oct;125(11):1359. Full text here. (A comment on Thorp JM Jr. Conscientious objection in reproductive health – ancient prerogative or harmful practice. BJOG. 2018 Oct;125(11):1357-1358, full text here.)
- Grossman D, Grindlay K, Schulkin J. Abortion provision among a national sample of obstetrician–gynecologists. Contraception. 2017;96:272–3. Abstract here.
- Ingerslev MD, Diness BR, Norup M. Attitudes towards abortion among trainees in obstetrics/gynecology and clinical genetics. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2012 Feb;91(2):256-9. Full text here.
- Harris LH. Recognizing conscience in abortion provision. N Engl J Med. 2012 Sep 13;367(11):981-3. Full text here.
- Stulberg DB, Dude AM, Dahlquist I, Curlin FA. Abortion provision among practicing obstetrician-gynecologists. Obstet Gynecol. 2011;118:609–14. Full text here.