For Immediate Release
May 10, 2022
Medical Society Reaffirms Longstanding Policy that Supports Legalized Abortion
“The Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) recognizes the fact of legalized abortion and supports the right of all women to safe and legal abortion and direct access to obstetric and gynecologic services. MSSNY believes that reproductive choice, as any medical decision, is one of an informed consent between the patient and his/her physician. Abortion is a medical procedure and should be performed only by a duly licensed physician in conformance with standards of good medical practice.
“MSSNY opposes legislative proposals that use federal or state health care funding mechanisms to deny established and accepted medical care to any segment of the population and opposes any legislation that criminalizes the exercise of clinical judgment in the delivery of medical care.”
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Founded in 1807, the Medical Society of the State of New York is the state’s principal non-profit professional organization for physicians, residents and medical students of all specialties. Its mission is to represent the interests of patients and physicians to assure quality healthcare services for all.
Media Contact:
Roseann Raia
Communications / Marketing
Medical Society of the State of New York
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Westbury, New York
516-488-6100 ext 302
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