Wednesday, Nov 14, 2018, AAPS became the first group to file with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the State of Indiana’s efforts to reinstate legislation signed in 2016 by then-Governor Mike Pence. Following our filing, 11 other organizations and 18 States, have also filed in support of Indiana’s petition. The U.S. Court of Appeals […]
Dear Senators, We write today in opposition to the Palliative Care and Hospice Education Training Act, S. 693 and the companion bill, H.R. 1676, passed by the House and now before the Senate HELP Committee. The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) is a national organization representing physicians in all specialties, founded in 1943. […]
Three bills moving rapidly through the California legislature threaten to outlaw certain treatments that may be offered by physicians or other therapists, or sought by patients, reports the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS). Any counseling offered to any person, minor or adult, would have to encourage acceptance of same-sex attraction, even if unwanted, […]
About 30 percent of American women experience at least one abortion during their lifetime, yet sound, unbiased research on the psychological aftermath is seriously lacking, writes Priscilla K. Coleman, Ph.D., in the summer issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Coleman, who is a professor of human development and family studies at […]
The medical world has become increasingly complex and confusing to patients. Non-physician clinicians who may be caring for them include physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses, typically nurse practitioners, nurse anesthetists, nurse midwives, and clinical nurse specialists, as well as allied health professionals who have obtained a Doctor of Philosophy or other doctorate in […]
After viewing the first presidential debate and the vice-presidential debate, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) suggests some questions to be asked in the next two debates about health issues that personally affect all Americans. Voters should also query candidates for Congress. Private medicine. Do Americans have the right to use their own […]
In response to threatened boycotts of states with laws permitting sex-specific locker rooms and restrooms, AAPS released the following statement: “Public locker rooms and restrooms exist for the utilitarian purpose of hygiene, not to affirm the self-identified gender of certain individuals. These facilities are traditionally restricted to persons of the same sex for sound reasons. […]
By Gerard J. Gianoli, M.D. – http://EarAndBalance.net Legend has it that in 1787 Grigory Potemkin erected a fake portable settlement along the banks of the Dnieper River in order to fool Empress Catherine II during her visit to the Crimea. At night it was then moved down river for their next stop the following morning. […]
By Marilyn M. Singleton, M.D., J.D. In watching Hillary Clinton campaign I’m reminded of a poem I learned in ninth grade: humorist Arthur Guiterman’s “On the Vanity of Earthly Greatness”: The tusks that clashed in mighty brawls Of mastodons, are billiard balls. The sword of Charlemagne the Just Is ferric oxide, known as rust. The […]
AAPS joined an amicus brief supporting a petition for writ of certiorari in Stormans v. Wiesman. Pharmacist-petitioners are challenging a Washington State law that requires pharmacies to stock “emergency contraceptives.” Pharmacists argue that while they may lawfully decline to provide drugs for a variety of other reasons, they may not exercise a conscience objection to […]