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L’ASSOCIATION MEDICALE MONDIALE, INC LA ASOCIACION MEDICA MUNDIAL. INC
THE WORLD MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. Inc.
28, AVENUE DES ALPES· 01210FERNEY·VOLTAIRE • FRANCE
Telephone 150t 407575
cable address: WOMEDAS, Ferney·Voltaire
November 1983 17.
Original: Englis
WORLD MEDICAL ASSOCIATION DECLARATION OF OSLO
STATEMENT ON THERAPEUTIC ABORTION
Adopted by the 24th World Medical Assembly,
Oslo, Norway, August 1970,
and
amended by the 35th World Medical Assembly,
Venice,: Italy, October 1983
1. The first moral principle imposed upon the physician is
respect for- human life from its beginning.
2. Circumstances which bring the vital interests of a mother
into conflict with the vital interests of her unborn child
create a dilemma and raise the question whether or not the
pregnancy should be deliberately terminated .
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pregnancy should be deliberately terminated.
3. Diversity of response to this situation results from the
diversity of attitudes towards the life of the unborn child.
This is a matter of individual conviction and conscience
which must be respected.
4. It is not the role of the medical profession to determine
the attitudes and rules of any particular state or community
in this matter, but it is our duty to attempt both to ensure
the protection of our patients and to safeguard the rights
of the physician within society.
5. Therefore, where the law allows therapeutic abortion to be
performed, the procedure should be performed by a physician
competent to do so in premises approved by the appropriate
authority.
6. If the physician considers that his convictions do not allow
him to advise or perform an abortion, he may withdraw while
ensuring the continuity of medical care by a qualified
colleague.
7. This statement, while it is endorsed by the General Assembly
of the World Medical Association, is not to be regarded as
binding on any individual member association unless it is
adopted by that member association.
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