Re: ACOG's Statement
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Fri Sep 29 07:47:12 2000
So where's the News Release on Cytotec for Induction of Labor????
art
At Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Efrain Ramirez wrote:
>
>ACOG NEWS RELEASE
>
> September 28, 2000
>
>STATEMENT OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS
>AND GYNECOLOGISTS ON THE FDA APPROVAL OF MIFEPRISTONE
>FOR USE WITH MISOPROSTOL IN EARLY ABORTION
>
>By W. Benson Harer, Jr., MD
> ACOG President
>September 28, 2000
>
>WASHINGTON, DC -- Today's announcement by the Food and Drug
>Administration
>brings good news for American women and their physicians.
>
>American women choosing to have an abortion have a new option for
>abortion very
>early in pregnancy, when it is safest. They finally have access to a
>drug that has been
>used safely for many years by other women throughout the world. No
>longer are
>American women limited to surgical abortions.
>
>Today's decision is a relief for women and their physicians. It should
>increase the
>number of physicians offering abortion and enhance the privacy of the
>abortion
>decision. Both factors should help reduce the level of violence against
>physicians and
> their patients.
>
>This decision is long overdue. Clinical trials on thousands of women
>here and in
>Europe clearly show that mifepristone when used with misoprostol for
>early abortion is
> very safe and effective
>
>The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists will review and
>address any
>restrictions the FDA may have imposed on this drug. But today we
>emphasize how
>important the FDA's decision is for women. The FDA is to be commended
>for doing
>what is in the best interest of the health and well being of women in
>the United States.
>
> # # #
>
>The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is the national
>medical organization representing over
>40,000 physicians who provide health care for women.
>
>--
>"Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive."
>
>Marianne Williamson
>
--
art fougner, md
A series of 1000 cases begins with but a single anecdote.
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