The unethical practice of blackmail, especially in forcing someone to do what they didn't think was right, was not a problem to ACOG because it would be a Louisiana problem. To me, I see no difference in ACOG's forcing Louisiana to do something against its will and Louisiana forcing women to accept something against their will. This whole business really gets nasty the more one looks into the philosophical implications of the whole abortion issue. This great battle of linguistics involves some pretty amazing rationalizations, depending on which side one takes. If it truly is wrong to stop life, then why do the stereotypical conservatives and liberals contradict themselves regarding abortion when compared with capital punishment.
Conservatives are traditionally against abortion, but see no problem in capital punishment.
On the other hand, liberals traditionally accept abortion but decry capital punishment. It has always seemed to me that we should either be qualified to take life or unqualified to take life. Yet people who take such a consistent position on both abortion and capital punishment are in the minority. Dr. Kevorkian's attorney argued that it's ludicrous for abortion of the unheard fetus to be acceptable while out-lawing euthanasia requested by reasoning, thinking, people who want the same right to choose for themselves. Soon there may be a maternal blood test in which parents can determine the sex of their child.