Colorado Medical Board finds that so-called abortion reversal is outside “generally accepted standard of practice” – By Jennifer Brown (Colorado Sun) / Aug 17, 2023
The rule, which came after hours of discussion, does not go as far as the Democratic-controlled legislature wanted, but comes close
Colorado doctors who prescribe the so-called abortion reversal pill will be operating outside the “generally accepted standard of practice” and subject to investigation by the state medical board, the board decided Thursday.
The decision — which came after hours of debate, an executive session to consult the board’s attorney and what one board member called “linguistic acrobatics” — comes after Gov. Jared Polis signed the first law in the nation to attempt to ban the abortion reversal pill.
The board that regulates medical practice did not go as far as Democrats in the legislature had wanted, which was to consider it automatic “unprofessional conduct” if a physician prescribes the reversal pill. But it took deliberate care to add language into its rules to make clear that the board considers the practice unethical.
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