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The 'American College of Pediatricians' should not be confused with the 'American Academy of Pediatrics'.
The title might mislead, but 'American College of Pediatricians' is a religious, pro-life organization.

American Colege of Pediatricians
Established 2002
http://acpeds.org/index.cgi?3253433213

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Wisdom For The Ages

Focus on the Family began in 1977 in response to Dr. James Dobson's increasing concern for the American family. It is a nonprofit organization that produces his internationally syndicated radio programs heard daily on more than 3,000 radio facilities in 12 languages in more than 95 other countries.
http://www.family.org/ [Focus on the Family is essentially a right-wing political lobby as was the Christian Coalition.]


"The only foundation for...... a republic is to be laid in Religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue there can be no liberty, and liberty is the object and life of all republican governments."

--Benjamin Rush, M.D.

"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance against such there is no law."

From the Bible, Paul’s letter to the Galatians, Chapter 5 verses 22 and 23

“ My purpose alone must be God’s purpose, to increase the welfare and happiness of His people. Nature will not permit a vacuum. It will be filled with something.”( to a colleague at Tuskegee Institute in 1928)

“To a scientist humbly seeking the guidance of God and a liberator to men of the white race as well as the black.” ( remark in 1939 when awarded the Roosevelt Medal.)

--Dr.George Washington Carver, (1864-1943), Educator,Agricultural Chemist,and discoverer of hundreds of products from plants.

Ref: America’s God and Country (Encyclopedia of Quotations), pages 95-98.

American College of Pediatricians - Core Values

The American College of Pediatricians®:


Recognizes that there are absolutes and scientific truths that transcend relative social considerations of the day.


Recognizes that good medical science cannot exist in a moral vacuum and pledges to promote such science.


Recognizes the fundamental mother-father family unit, within the context of marriage, to be the optimal setting for the development and nurturing of children and pledges to promote this unit.


Recognizes the unique value of every human life from the time of conception to natural death and pledges to promote research and clinical practice that provides for the healthiest outcome of the child from conception to adulthood.


Recognizes the essential role parents play in encouraging and correcting the child and pledges to protect and promote this role.


Recognizes the physical and emotional benefits of sexual abstinence until marriage and pledges to promote this behavior as the ideal for adolescence.

Recognizes that health professionals caring for children must maintain high ethical and scientific standards and pledges to promote such practice.

Recognizes the vital role the College has in promoting quality education for parents, physicians, and other health professionals.