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“The American Medical Women's Association says, in part, in a letter to Senator Santorum, ``On behalf of the American Medical Women's Association, I would like to reiterate our opposition to H.R. 1122.'' This letter is dated today. The organization does not endorse legislation which interferes with medical decisionmaking, particularly when it fails to consider the health of the woman patient. Our opposition is based on the following issues. First, we are gravely concerned that this legislation does not protect a woman's physical and mental health, including future fertility, or consider other pertinent issues such as fetal abnormalities. Second, this legislation would further erode physician-patient autonomy forcing physicians to always avoid legislatively prohibited procedures in medical decisionmaking, including in emergency situations when physicians and patients must base their decisions on the best available information. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, after learning of the opposition of the AMA, wrote a letter to Senator Lott dated yesterday. In light of the slight modifications being proposed to H.R. 1122, we wanted to take this opportunity to reiterate our opposition to this legislation.”