A study released in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology suggests 97 percent of doctors have encountered someone who sought an abortion, but that only 14 percent were willing to do so.
That may seem to be a promising figure, says Dr. Sandy Christiansen of the Christian Medical & Dental Association. But she concludes that the research does not tell the whole story. "The study only looked at OB/GYN physicians -- it didn't look at family practitioners. And the study did not make a distinction between medical and surgical [abortions], and I think that's a critical point," she says.
There are no numbers on the use of the abortion drug, RU486, including in telemed abortions where a doctor is not directly involved in administration of the drugs.
Without being able to tap into those figures, Christiansen says she wonders about the true results of the study, especially because of studies revealing that the younger doctors are, the more willing they are to do abortions.
"The 26 to 35 year olds, if you think about it, these are the ones who grew up since Roe v Wade and that's all they've known ... so they need to be shown a different way -- a better way," she states.
It is Christiansen's hope that the pro-life movement will begin to have a heavy impact on the decisions from that group of physicians to reflect more of a pro-life attitude among doctors in the future.
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