Government intrusion into medicine that hinders access to safe, evidence-based reproductive health services — such as abortion and contraception — is a violation of human rights, according to the AMA.
The organization adopted a policy during its House of Delegates meeting to bolster its opposition to the criminalization of reproductive health services.
AMA incoming president Jack Resneck Jr., MD, said in a press release that “a growing number of current and pending laws insert government into the patient-physician relationship by dictating limits or bans on reproductive health