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the most heated debate at the 122nd annual meeting didn’t come until its dying hours, when the abortion issue was raised in three separate recommendations put forward under new business. . . .The first recommendation, and the one that received the loudest criticism, was . . .”that many Canadian physicians do not agree with the 1988 CMA recommendations regarding induced abortion . . . the amended version was defeated by a large margin. . . . A recommendation that the CMA reassess its policy on induced abortion “with specific direction that the rights of the unbom child be considered” was referred to the Committee on Ethics, which is already working to establish a CMA policy on fetal rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sullivan P. Attempts to change abortion policy find little support at annual meeting<\/a>. Can Med Assoc J. 1989;141(6):585-596, 588, 590. Available from: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Patrick Sullivan Extractthe most heated debate at the 122nd annual meeting didn’t come until its dying hours, when the abortion issue was raised in three separate recommendations put forward under new business. . . .The first recommendation, and the one that received the loudest criticism, was . . .”that many Canadian physicians do not agree … Continue reading “(News) Attempts to change abortion policy find little support at annual meeting”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,554,924],"tags":[1768,1403,1402],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-13705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-ethics","category-journal-news","tag-canadian-medical-association","tag-canadian-physicians-for-life","tag-patrick-sullivan"],"yoast_head":"\r\n(News) Attempts to change abortion 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