the 'Pro-Life' camp derive some satisfaction in the thought that women in distress will have blunt instruments rammed into their vaginas, very much against their choice; but those women aren't the target of this action. You, the physician, are the target: the measure is intended to be so repugnant to your principles that you will withdraw from all participation in terminations. You lose, every which way: and acting by your conscience will leave everyone worse off. As an fellow obgyn, I would ask commenters to respect this doctors anonymity. Is it not because she opposes this legislation that she has to remain anonymous, it is because she is an abortion provider. She may have to walk through picket lines, wear a bullet proof vest, or have her own children that she needs to protect. What she does every day is brave enough. Awesome post! Thank you Dr. Anonymous, for reminding other doctors of the ethical issues involved in complying with this kind of law . . . Many doctors have already abdicated their responsibility to provide adequate pain treatment to suffering patients, please don't allow yet another unethical law rupture the bond of trust between doctor and patient even more. I am glad that it has not been missed that the choice is and should always be the person's (the woman's) and no one else... Absolutely no freaking politician can tell me or tell a woman -- my wife, sister, daughter, etc... -- what she can or can't do regarding