• Family Physicians Welcome Supreme Court Decision Upholding Right of Trained Physicians to Provide Legal Medical Services to Patients 

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   
    Monday, June 29, 2020

    Statement attributable to:
    Gary L. LeRoy, MD
    President
    American Academy of Family Physicians

    “The American Academy of Family Physicians welcomes today’s Supreme Court decision upholding the right of trained physicians to provide legal medical services to patients without unnecessary interference.

    “Our organization supports a woman's access to reproductive and maternity health services and opposes nonevidence-based restrictions on medical care and the provision of such services. We oppose any legislation or regulation that interferes with the patient-physician relationship or unnecessarily regulates the practice of medicine.

    “Physicians must be able to deliver safe, legal and necessary medical care for our patients based on our years of medical education, training, experience, and the available evidence.

    “Today’s decision ensures that physicians will be able to do so without interference and that patients will have access to legal medical services.”

    Editor's Note: To arrange an interview with Dr. LeRoy, contact Megan Moriarty, 800-274-2237, Ext. 6052, or mmoriarty@aafp.org.

     

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    About American Academy of Family Physicians
    Founded in 1947, the AAFP represents 130,000 physicians and medical students nationwide. It is the largest medical society devoted solely to primary care. Family physicians conduct approximately one in five office visits — that’s 192 million visits annually or 48 percent more than the next most visited medical specialty. Today, family physicians provide more care for America’s underserved and rural populations than any other medical specialty. Family medicine’s cornerstone is an ongoing, personal patient-physician relationship focused on integrated care. To learn more about the specialty of family medicine and the AAFP's positions on issues and clinical care, visit www.aafp.org. For information about health care, health conditions and wellness, please visit the AAFP’s consumer website, www.familydoctor.org.