Today, I released the following statement:
The
National Abortion Federation (NAF) is the professional association of abortion
providers in North America. NAF is a
voluntary membership organization comprised of 400 clinics, hospitals and
physicians’ offices in the United States, Canada and Mexico City. NAF does not
own, operate, or staff medical centers. Our mission is to ensure safe,
legal, and accessible abortion care, which promotes health and justice for women.
Abortion care
is one of the safest and most commonly provided medical procedures in the
United States. Despite this safety record, laws have been passed around the
country to criminalize abortion providers and to make it more difficult for
women to access abortion care.
Opponents of
abortion care use questionable tactics like hoax patient visits with hidden
cameras to make false claims about NAF and our members. These tactics are
evident in the videos recently posted by Live Action. Live Action is known for targeting
abortion providers and selectively editing their videos to put out false
information.
Their most
recent campaign focuses on the preference for a child of a particular gender. Gender
discrimination is a serious issue – and it requires solutions that address the
underlying issues that promote bias. Laws that are passed with the intent to
reduce access to high quality abortion care do not address this issue. Countries
striving to combat the problem of gender inequality have had success by
implementing laws which address the root causes of gender inequality—including
policies on access to health care, fair pay, education, ending violence against
women, and expanding access to reproductive health care.
Since
1977, NAF members have provided safe, high-quality
evidence-based medical care that women need and deserve. NAF supports women’s
access to full, complete, and non-judgmental information about their
reproductive health care.
No comments:
Post a Comment