The union of obstetrician gynecologists of France (Syngof) which threatened to make an “abortion strike” retracted in a press release.
Phew. the union gynecologists obstetricians of France (Syngof) who had called for an abortion strike in the event that the Minister of Health Agnès Buzyn did not agree to receive him to negotiate the capping of guarantees of professional insurance, retracted .
“SYNGOF will not stop the practice of abortions”
“SYNGOF will not stop the practice of abortions, but it will not weaken in the face of the problem of insurance coverage for gynecologists, surgeons and anesthesiologists, which threatens the sustainability of the profession. communicated of the union. “Syngof gynecologists unreservedly support the right to abortion,” said the latter. “It is unfortunate to note” that “the only way today to be heard is to generate a false controversy on social networks, the negative impact of which on the image” of the profession is well known.
A wind of protest
This call for an abortion strike launched by 1,600 professionals caused a stir, first at the Ministry of Health since Agnès Buzyn denounced “the taking of women hostage” that could “in no case” serve as a “negotiating lever” on this file, which she assures us to follow “very closely”.
Similarly, the College of Physicians “firmly” condemned this threat “totally contrary to medical ethics” and referred to the “potentially dramatic consequences” of such a resolution. “It would be an inexplicable and unjustifiable act, with potentially dramatic consequences”, writes the National Council in a press release which however considers “premature” to mention sanctions.
The National Council of the Order of Midwives strongly condemns the threats of a call for an “abortion strike” launched by Syngof: https://t.co/7F9JHLmVy6 pic.twitter.com/J2p9xwPmmv
— Order of midwives (@CNOSF) March 14, 2019
On Twitter, the member of the feminist associations We All and Le Groupe F Anaïs Leleux rightly launched an appeal to ask the organization to take sanctions against Syngof. Thursday, March 14, more than 5,000 emails were sent to the National Council of the Order.
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