The LAFP is against performing elective abortions 20 weeks and after.

Adopted 8/7/2015 by the General Assembly

Background Information
The American Academy of Family Physicians believes physicians should seek to, through extensive patient education and counseling, decrease the number of unwanted pregnancies. However, should a woman become pregnant, it is her legal right to make reproductive decisions.

The AAFP endorses the concept that abortion should be performed only by a duly-licensed physician in conformance with standards of good medical practice as determined by the laws and regulations governing the practice of medicine in that locale.

No physician shall be compelled to perform any act which violates his/her good judgment or personally held moral principles. In these circumstances, the physician may withdraw from the case so long as the withdrawal is consistent with good medical practice.