AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) President and CEO David J. Skorton, MD, issued the following statement to reaffirm the AAMC’s commitment to the physician-patient relationship and access to safe and effective reproductive health care regarding the pending case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, before the U.S. Supreme Court:
“Given the Supreme Court’s authentication of a draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the AAMC reaffirms its commitment to the critical relationship between patient and physician as the basis of safe, effective, and evidence-based health care. As we indicated in our September 2021 statement, policies that interfere in that relationship by limiting access to legal abortion care put the patient at risk and will exacerbate existing health inequities.
As we await the Supreme Court ruling in this pending case over the coming weeks, we reiterate that the country must protect a patient’s access to quality health care and the ability for clinicians to provide such care.”