Public university falsely claims it will lose OB-GYN accreditation if its employees can’t work for Planned Parenthood

A Wisconsin bill would bar the University of Wisconsin at Madison staff from training its students to do abortions at Planned Parenthood as part of their OB-GYN residencies. The university is vehemently opposing the bill, insisting it would lose its accreditation as a result. Planned Parenthood, who partners with the university in training its OB-GYN residents to do abortions, opposes the bill as well. The Associated Press reports on Assembly Bill 206:

And Golden insists that would “destroy” a part of their medical school to not have their doctors committing abortions and teaching others to do likewise:

Golden also made dramatic statements, saying, “Nobody would choose to come here” for schooling if this bill passes. It’s reminiscent of the dramatic headlines and comments that made rounds in 2011 when Arizona passed a similar bill. As a matter of fact, abortion proponents used the very same verb as their Wisconsin counterparts, saying in 2011 that passing the Arizona bill, HB 2384, would “destroy” the OB-GYN program at the University of Arizona.

However, that program is still alive and well six years later, and has not had any lapse in accreditation, as its history shows:

And this is something that Donna J. Harrison, M.D., executive director of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG), knows. She calls Golden’s bluff, telling Live Action News:

Further, Harrison said that this assertion that the school would lose its accreditation is simply not the truth:

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But what about the apparent mandate that the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has that its residents in OB-GYN programs be trained in abortion procedures? It is certainly true that it’s part of their accrediting program. As the requirements note:

While the way it’s worded makes it sound like a requirement for accreditation, Harrison says, that’s not true, adding:

Harrison is correct. For example, as the Capital Times reports, “[one of the bill’s sponsors] André Jacque noted that Arizona has a similar statutory provision, and its two state medical schools remain accredited.” The Times also adds:

But within the scope of their employment, the bill would bar these public employees from teaching, training, or committing abortions – and that includes teaching them how to commit abortions like this second trimester D&E procedure, explained by former abortionist, Dr. Anthony Levatino:

2nd Trimester Surgical Abortion: Dilation and Evacuation (D & E)

The concerns that precipitated the Wisconsin bill likely resulted from The Center for Medical Progress’ undercover videos, which resulted in a widespread investigation by a congressional committee, the Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives. When the final report of that committee was released, the University of Wisconsin’s name appeared throughout the 413 pages of the report. The report says:

UW’s relationship with Planned Parenthood was duly noted:

Additionally, UW was listed in the section entitled, “Customers that Received Fetal Tissue from DaVinci and DVB [DaVinci Biosciences, LLC/DaVinci Biologics, LLC, fetal tissue brokers]”:

DaVinci and other fetal procurement companies are necessary in the abortion business model, as the Panel report showed:

According to the Panel’s report, UW was one of 14 institutions that also received fetal tissue from the Human Fetal Tissue Repository (HFTR); also, UW was noted to be one of three institutions the panel listed as asserting that human fetal tissue was necessary to developing vaccines. (

p. 393).

The Wisconsin bill simply seeks to un-muddle the line between a public institution with ties to the abortion industry’s profitability and the private abortion facility. While those opposed are claiming that they will lose accreditation, the fact is, that won’t happen. What will happen with passage of this bill is that taxpayers will stop paying salaries to public employees who then go to work for a private abortion corporation dismembering preborn babies in the name of education.