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turbinetree

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Wed Jul 3, 2019, 05:39 PM Jul 2019

Doctors sue North Dakota for forcing them to give patients 'patently false' information

By Lisa Needham -
July 3, 2019

North Dakota wants to make doctors tell their patients about a procedure 'wholly unsupported' by medical evidence.

The American Medical Association (AMA) thinks doctors shouldn't be forced to lie to their patients.

That's why the country's largest association of physicians just sued the state of North Dakota over the state's newly passed anti-choice law. It requires doctors to tell patients that a medication abortion may be reversible.

Physicians don't want to tell their patients that for one big reason: It's an outright lie.

As the AMA said in their lawsuit, the claim medication abortions can be reversed is "wholly unsupported by the best, most reliable scientific evidence."

https://shareblue.com/doctors-sue-north-dakota-for-forcing-them-to-give-patients-patently-false-information/

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Doctors sue North Dakota for forcing them to give patients 'patently false' information (Original Post) turbinetree Jul 2019 OP
Good for them, but it took them long enough. Merlot Jul 2019 #1
Nice to see the AMA waking up malaise Jul 2019 #2
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