Statement On AMA Endorsement Of Partial Birth Abortion Ban
Monday, May 19, 1997
Press Release Of Senator Bill Frist, M.D.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As the only physician in the Senate, I am proud of the American Medical Association’s decision to support the ban on partial birth abortions. This is the strongest medical confirmation yet that this so-called medical procedure is brutal, inhumane, and medically unnecessary. As I said on the floor of the United States Senate, any provider who performs a partial birth abortion has violated the Hippocratic principle, “First do no harm.”
The President has already been standing on shaky ground in his efforts to explain his intent to veto once again a ban of this grisly and unnecessary procedure. With these technical changes and the endorsement of the AMA, it’s time for the President to do the right thing -- it’s time for him to sign this bill.
http://frist.senate.gov/press-item.cfm?id=185452