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"The medical care provided in abortion centers is Alabama is substandard. It is  not required that doctors performing abortions be board certified, have hospital privileges, or carry malpractice insurance.

"No other area of medicine is  practiced under such inadequate guidelines…

"As a physician, I feel ashamed that abortionists practice substandard medicine. As a woman, I am angry we are singled out for such shoddy treatment. So long as abortion is legal, it is negligent on the part of the state to allow this to continue." Maria Johnson, M.D., Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine

 
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MED STUDENT FAILED FOR NOT PROVIDING ABORTION OPTION - An unnamed medical student in his last year at the Univ of Manitoba Medical School will be denied his degree because he received a failing grade in an OB-GYN portion for refusing to perform/refer for any abortive procedure.

Three separate appeals to the Medical School have failed to correct the matter, despite the fact that the student has high grades in every area of study and strong words of affirmation from clinical supervisors. He is supported by pro-life doctors in Manitoba, who are concerned by the university's intolerance. Many doctors swore to protect human life "from the moment of conception" when they took the Hippocratic Oath. One doctor urged the university to give room to people of conscience. Messages of support: . [WINNIPEG, March 18, 2004 LifeSiteNews.com; www.llifesite.net, 18Mar04]
 
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