Alaska Medical Board issues statement condemning late-term abortion

The Alaska Medical Board has released a position statement condemning late-term abortion, which is legal in Alaska, saying it is unethical.

Key Takeaways:

• The state of Alaska allows abortions to be committed up until delivery.

• In a new position statement, the Alaska Medical Board called the practice unethical.

• Additionally, they called for legislators to enact laws protecting preborn children from late-term abortions.

The Details:

The Alaska Medical Board, which regulates health care in the state, voted unanimously on two separate measures last week. One declared that giving 'gender-affirming care' to minors equals “unprofessional conduct," and the other approved a statement officially condemning late-term abortion.

The statement reads:

Alaska state law allows for elective late term abortions, up until the time of delivery. The Alaska State Medical Board believes this is not ethical medical practice and does not embody the values of Alaskans. Many Alaskans and even physicians are unaware of this. We encourage Alaskans to engage with their representatives and to advocate for new legislation to bring state law into alignment with community values on this issue.

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Alaska is one of only a handful of states to have virtually no restrictions on abortion; in this case, it's due to the state's activist Supreme Court. The court has repeatedly ruled in favor of abortion, to the applause of the abortion industry, even as state legislators and voters feel differently.

The court even ruled that the state must use taxpayer dollars to fund abortions, causing then-Governor Mike Dunleavy to say that the money for those abortions would be taken from the Supreme Court budget.

Why It Matters:

Late-term abortion is violent and medically unnecessary, including in instances to allegedly save a woman's life.

In late-term abortions, often committed after a preborn child can survive outside of the womb, the abortionist either dismembers the baby limb by limb, or injects him or her with digoxin or potassium chloride to cause cardiac arrest and demise. Neither is required if the mother's life is at risk; in fact, late-term abortion procedures usually take several days, while an induced delivery or c-section could take as little as one hour. Though some abortionists will try to rush a late-term abortion procedure to have it completed in one day, this puts the mother further at risk.

Why Do Women Get Late-Term Abortions?

Contrary to popular belief, thousands of late-term abortions are committed every single day, but in a true medical emergency, doctors do not need to intentionally target the life of a preborn child to save the life of the mother. As Dr. Monique Ruberu explained in a recent Live Action video, the choice to deliver the child early may result in his or her death, but this is different from intentionally killing him or her:

We deliver the child and give him or her every chance at life. If it becomes certain that the child will not survive, then we give the baby perinatal hospice and palliative care, relieving the suffering of the baby as much as possible, and letting him or her die in the loving arms of the parents, not under the cruel instruments of the abortionist.

Data additionally shows that the overwhelming majority of late-term abortions are committed for the same reasons earlier abortions are committed: financial insecurity, relationship problems, and so on. It is a myth that these late abortions are committed for reasons of health.

The Bottom Line:

As the Alaska Medical Board pointed out, most voters don't support late-term abortions. All children deserve to be protected from abortion, but at the very least, this activist Supreme Court must be stopped from running roughshod over the wishes of voters and legislators alike.