Year: 2024
Resolution Number: 13
Action Taken: Approved
Status: In Progress
Author(s): Halley Crissman, MD
Sponsor: Halley Crissman, MD
On behalf of: MI Section, American College of OB/GYN
Committee: A (Medical Care Delivery)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS opposes criminal and civil penalties or other retaliatory efforts, including adverse medical licensing actions, the termination of medical liability coverage or clinical privileges, against patients, patient advocates, patients’ families, physicians, other healthcare workers, and health systems for receiving, assisting in, referring patients to, or providing reproductive health services (including abortion care) and gender-affirming care; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS opposes extradition of patients and healthcare providers based upon accusations of providing or receiving health care (including care related to self-managed abortion, other abortion care, and gender-affirming care) that is legal in Michigan; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS will advocate for legal protections for patients who cross state lines to receive health care (including care related to self-managed abortion, other abortion care, or gender-affirming care), or who receive medications for abortion or gender-affirming care from across state lines, and will advocate for legal protections for those that provide, support, or refer patients to these services; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS will advocate for legal protections for medical trainees and physicians who cross state lines to receive education in, or deliver, reproductive health care (including abortion care) and gender-affirming care.
RESOLVED: That MSMS opposes criminal and civil penalties or other retaliatory efforts, including adverse medical licensing actions, the termination of medical liability coverage or clinical privileges, against patients, patient advocates, patients’ families, physicians, other healthcare workers, and health systems for receiving, assisting in, referring patients to, or providing reproductive health services (including abortion care) and gender-affirming care; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS opposes extradition of patients and healthcare providers based upon accusations of providing or receiving health care (including care related to self-managed abortion, other abortion care, and gender-affirming care) that is legal in Michigan; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS will advocate for legal protections for patients who cross state lines to receive health care (including care related to self-managed abortion, other abortion care, or gender-affirming care), or who receive medications for abortion or gender-affirming care from across state lines, and will advocate for legal protections for those that provide, support, or refer patients to these services; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS will advocate for legal protections for medical trainees and physicians who cross state lines to receive education in, or deliver, reproductive health care (including abortion care) and gender-affirming care.
Fiscal Note: $12,000-$24,000
Resolution: View PDF for Shield Laws - Protecting Access to Care
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