This declaration was created by the public policy department of American Life League, Inc. It was circulated to members of the medical and scientific communities for review and endorsement. The physicians listed below have all signed statements of agreement with the declaration. Their signed statements are on file at American Life League, P.O. Box 1350, Stafford, VA 22555
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- Thomas W. Hilgers, M.D. (NE) Sr. Medical Consultant – Obstetrics, Gynecology, Reproductive Medicine & Surgery
- Anne Marie Manning, M.D. (PA) OB/GYN, Diplomate American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Karen Dembeck Poehailos, M.D. (VA) Family Medicine, Attending Physician – Dept. of Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia
- Patrick James Baggot, M.D. (NE) OB/GYN, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Genetics
- J. Michael Conoyer, M.D. (MO) Diplomate American Board of Otolaryngology, Fellow American Academy of Otolaryngology, Fellow American College of Surgeons, Fellow American Society for Head and Neck Surgery, Fellow American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- John C. Wilke, M.D. (OH) Diplomate & Fellow American Board of Family Practice
- Lauren A. Welch, M.D. (KS) FACS, Surgery, Forensic Medicine
- Michael G. Skoch, M.D. (NE) DABFP, NFPMC, Family Practice, Adjunct Clinical Professor, Dept. of Family Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical College
- Douglas S. Brew, M.D. (MN) Family Practice (with maternal care)
- Arthur J. Stehly, M.D. (CA) OB/GYN
- Norman L. Virnig, M.D. (MN) Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine, Pediatrics
- Lawrence L. Lyons, M.D. (PA) Family Practice, Emergency Medicine, Board member of Catholic Medical Association
- Arthur C. Sippo, M.D., (OH) MPH, FACPM, FACOEM
- Paul A. Byrne, M.D. (OH) Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine, Pediatrics President, Catholic Medical Association
- David G.C. McAnn, M.D. (GA) Regional faculty – American Heart Association, General Practice
- George Isajiw, M.D. (PA) Internal Medicine
- Konald A. Prem, M.D. (MN) Professor and Chairman Emeritus, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Minnesota Medical School
- William L. Toffler, M.D. (OR) Professor of Family Medicine – OHSU
- Roberta M. Chilimigras, M.D. (MS) Family Practice
- Mark J. Rollo, M.D. (MA) Family Practice
- Paul A. Carpentier, M.D. (MA) Family Practice, Natural Family Planning consultant
- John Damiani, D.O. (MI) Urologic Surgery
- Michael B. Dixon, M.D. (MO) OB/GYN
- Paul J. Eby, M.D. (OH) Occupational Medicine, Family Practice
- William D. Parker, M.D. (LA) FAAP, Pediatrics
- Jerrold G. Black, M.D. (NE) Family Practice
- Austin T. Welsh, Jr., M.D. (AR) Family Practice
- Stephen T. Kondash, M.D. (OH) Opthalmology
- David W. Talafuse, M.D. (TX) Family Practice
- Albert S. Callie, M.D. (AZ) Pediatrician, Fellow American Academy of Pediatrics
- Jay E. Carpenter, M.D. (FL) Internal Medicine
- Paul J. Spencer, D.O. (MN) Family Practice
- Eric D. Norton, M.D. (SC) CNFPMC, Family Practice
- Jeffrey J. Starre, M.D. (OH) Family Practice
- Thomas L. Bodensteiner, M.D. (NE) F.A.C.O.G., OB/GYN
- Gary W. Smith, M.D. (MD) F.A.C.O.G., OB/GYN
- Kathleen M. Raviele, M.D. (GA) OB/GYN
- Philip D. McNeely, M.D. (NE) Family Practice
- James L. Routon, M.D. (GA) Anesthesiology, Natural Family Planning, Medical Consultant
- William A. Chapman, M.D. (OK) FAAP, Pediatrics
- Mary Kathleen Dixon, M.D. (MO) Pediatrics
- Hector Ascuncion, M.D. (MD) Family Practice
- David P. Lux, M.D. (NE) Family Medicine, Diplomate American Board of Family Practice, Fellow American Academy of Family Physicians
- Michael V. Rock, M.D. (AZ) FACP, FACG, Internal Medicine and Gastroentenology
- Timothy Heller Fischer, M.D. (NE) Family Medicine
- Karl G. Rose, M.D. (OH) General Practice
- Jo A. Witter, M.D. (NE) Family Practice
- Joseph C. Evers, M.D. (VA) Fellow American Academy of Pediatricians
- Stanley Lang, M.D. (PA) Family Practice
- Brian W. Donnelly, M.D. (PA) Pediatrics, Fellow American Academy of Pediatrics
- David E. Hargroder, M.D. (MO) General Surgery, Transplant Surgery
- Lisa A. Maurer, D.O. (OH) Family Medicine
- Julie A. Mickelson, M.D. (WI) OB/GYN
- William F. Colliton, Jr., M.D. (MD) FACOG, Clinical Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, George Washington University
- Roger A. Harden, M.D. (TX) Allergy and Immunology
- Mary M. Burwinkel, M.D. (OH) General Practice
- Alan G. Burwinkel, M.D. (OH) Dermatology
- Patrick Herrick, M.D. Ph.D., (KS) Family Practice, Diplomate ABFP
- Samuel A. Nigro, M.D. (OH) Psychiatrist
- William L. Martin, M.D. (AZ) Family Practice
- Stephen A. Spaulding, M.D. F.A.A.F.P., (NY) Obstetrics and Obstetrical Ultrasound
- James J. Joyce, M.D. (MN) Family Practice
- Milagros C. Flores, M.D. (MI) Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases
- Douglas O’Mara, M.D. (NH) Pediatrics
- John S. Kelly, M.D. (VA) Colon and Rectal Surgery
- Peter Danis, M.D. (MO) Chairman of Family Medicine, St. Johns Mercy Medical Center
- Anthony Kam, M.D. (MI) General Surgeon
- Howard L. Pennington, M.D. (CA) Associate Professor of OB/GYN at UCLA
- Thomas E. Lieser, M.D. (OH) MPH, Family Practice
- W.A. Krotoski, M.D. (LA) Ph.D., M.P.H., Medical Director – U.S. Public Health Service (Ret)
- Edward T. Kryn, M.D. (NC) CCFP, Family Practice
- Brian Heinen, M.D. (LA) Family Practice
- John H. Detar, M.D. (MI) Urology
- Daniel G. Blomenberg, M.D. (NE) FAAP, Pediatrician
- Catherine A. Dowling, M.D. (MI) Anesthesiology, Clinical Assistant Professor – University of Michigan
- Elizabeth S. Londino, M.D. (MO) Family Practice
- Theodore Francis O’Donnell, M.D. (WA) Family Practice
- John S. Burnham, M.D. (OH) Family Practice, Assoc. Clinical Professor
- Robert Palguta, M.D. (PA) Emergency Medicine
- Peter Sultana, M.D. (MO) Family Medicine, USMLE
- John B. Shea, M.D. (ON) Canada Diagnostic Radiology
- Patrick J. Scarpitti, M.D. (OH) Fellow American Academy of Family Physicians
- George E. Maloof, M.D. (CA) Psychiatry, Board Certified
- Kathryn R. Watson, M.D. (CA)Internal Medicine, Diplomate American Board of Family Practice; Diplomate American Board Medical Genetics
- Jessup M. McDonnell, M.D. (OH) Orthopedic Surgeon
- Thomas F. Warner, M.D. (WI) Professor of Pathology
- Robert R. Desmond, M.D. (OH) General Practice and Emergency Medicine
- Thomas C. Bonin, M.D. (AR) Family Practice
- Charles P. Prezzia, M.D. (PA) MPH, FACOEM, FRSM, FACPM, Family Practice and Forensic Medicine
- Robert J. Saxer, M.D. (WI) FAAP, Pediatrics, Secretary of Catholic Medical Association
- Glen C. Griffin, M.D. (UT) Pediatrician, Fellow American Academy of Pediatrics, President of American Family League, Inc.
- William G. White, M.D. (IL) Family Practice, Obstetrician
- Ludovit Sevcik, M.D. (NY) Board Certified Anesthesiologist, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
- John R. Hartman, M.D. (FL) FAAFP, DABFP, CNFPMC, Florida Family Physician of the Year-1997
- Richard Wetzel, M.D. (CA) Family Medicine, Author-Sexual Wisdom
- John D. Lane, M.D. (PA) Family Practice, Penndel/Philadelphia Catholic Physician Guild
- Chris Kahlenborn, M.D. (OH)
- Gloria Zibilich, M.D. (PA)
- Laurel DeStefano, M.D. (IN) Family Medicine
- Joseph L. DeStefano, M.D. (IN) Family Practice/Psychiatry
- Frank J. Forlini, Jr., M.D. (IL) Cardiovascular Diseases
- Leonard P. Rybak, M.D. (IL) Otolaryngology, Professor of Surgery Otolaryngology University School of Medicine
- Paul L. Hayes, M.D. (NE) Obstetrics and Gynecology, Infertility
- Charles M. Cargille, M.D. (LA) Reproductive Endocrinology, Internal Medicine, Mental Retardation
- Walt F. Weaver, M.D. (NE) Cardiology; Chairman, Ethics Committee SECHC
- Jeffrey E. Matthews, M.D. (MO) Gastroenterology
- Arthur H. Conley, M.D. (CA) Orthopedic Surgery
- Karen E. Karn, M.D. (MN) Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Stanley M. Johnson, M.D. (MN) Family Practice; President, Minnesota Physicians for Life
- Christopher Carlson, M.D. (MN) Family Practice; Diplomate, American Board of Family Practice
- Terence J. Coyne, M.D. (MN) Pediatrics; Member, American Academy of Pediatrics, AMA, MMA; Assistant Clinical Professor, Unversity of Minnesota College of Medicine
- Stephen M. Najarian, M.D. (MN) Diplomate, American Board of Surgery; Fellow, American College of Surgeons; Clinical Associate Professor, University of Minnesota Medical School
- Nicolleta Manciu, M.D. (MN) Anesthesiology
- Virgil A. Sandkamp, M.D. (MN) Family Practice; Fellow, AAFP
- Robert D. Koenig, M.D. (MN)
- Stephen A. Hickner, M.D. (MI) Obstetrics and Gynecology, board certified
- Alden Kielhorn, M.D. (NE) Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Peter C. Szekely, M.D. (MT) Internal Medicine
- Laura Trausch Hammonds, M.D. (NM) Family Practice
- Gregory M. Hoffpauir, M.D. (LA) Ophthamology
- Fred de Miranda, M.D. (AR) Pediatrics; Member, American Association of pro-Life Pediatricians; Member, NFP-Only Physicians; Member, PHACT; Member, Catholic Medical Association; Member, AAP
- George Delgado, M.D. (CA) Diplomate, American Board of Family Practice; Fellow, American Academy of Family Practice; Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Family Practice
- John R. Thompson, III, M.D. (NY) Family Practice; Diplomate, American Board of Family Practice; Fellow, American Academy of Family Practice
- Michael J. Gilmore, M.D. (CA) Family Practice
- Charles G. Kelley, M.D. (MA) Anesthesiology, FACA, Board Certified (ABA)
- Angelique C. Pritchett, M.D. (OK) Family Practice Resident
- Michael Artigues, M.D. (MS) Pediatrics; Member, AAP, AMA
- Judith L. Jacobus, M.D. (PA) Family Practice
- Thomas E. Meads, M.D. (VA) General Surgery
- Michael W. Sullivan, M.D. (NE) Obstetrics and Gynecology, Associate Medical Consultant
- Michael K. Houser, M.D. (MO) Family Practice
- Timothy McNicoll, M.D. (CA) Family Practice
- George E. Jay, M.D. (MN) Family Practice
- Gregory E. Polito, M.D. (CA) Urology; Knight of Malta
- George P. Carbone, M.D. (CA) Family Practice, FAAFP
- Norman Ruiz Casteneda, M.D. (FL) Pediatrics, Board Certified; American Board of Pediatrics/NFP
- Stephen J. Burns, M.D. (TX) Family Practice
- Ronald Ferris, M.D. (KS) Family Practice
- Dan Engeber, M.D. (CA) Family Practice
- Harry Drummond, M.D. (CA) Family Practice
- Andrew Hummel, D.C. (OH) Chiropractic
- Cynthia Hummel, D.C. (OH) Chiropractic
- Thaddeus M. Bort. M.D. (OH) Family Practice, FAAFP
- Clifford T. Bowe, M.D. (WI) Family Practice
- Thomas Lenz, M.D. (CA) Family Practice, Emergency Medicine
- Araceli V. Lardizabal, M.D. (CA) Forensic Psychology
- Anne M. Nealen, M.D. (WA) Pediatrics; Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics; NFP Instructor
- David Maglio, D.O. (RI) Family Practice
- George F. Dietz, M.D. (IL) Family Practice
- Matthew Glick, D.O. (OK) Osteopathy; Family Medicine
- Jill E. Glick, D.O. (OK) Osteopathy; Family Medicine
- John T. Littel, M.D. (FL) Family Practice; NFP Instructor/Medical Consultant
- Christopher L. Lee, M.D. (LA) General Surgery, FACS
- David E. Newton, D.C. (NE) Chiropractic
- Richard M. Dodds, D.C. (IA) Chiropractic
- Gregory J. Tudor, M.D. (IL) Emergency Medicine; Assistant Clinical Professor
- John F. Gisla, Jr., M.D. (CA) Family Practice; Diplomat, American Board of Family Practice
- Mary G. Ruddat, M.D. (CT) Anesthesiology, Pediatric Specialization
- Tom Malinich, M.D. (IL) Internal Medicine; Pediatrics Resident
- Monica Goodwin, M.D. (MN) Family Practice
- David Goodwin, M.D. (MN) Family Practice
- Thomas J. Huff, D.O. (TX) Family Medicine; Internal Medicine
- Robert L Deucher, M.D. (NC) Internal Medicine, Board Certified
- Kevin Hume (Australia) Family Physician
- James F.Murphy, Jr., D.O. (CA) Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
- Michael A. Krafezyk, M.D. (NY) Family Medicine, Board Certified
- Judy Burns, M.D. (CA)
- Lorna Cvetkovich, M.D. (KS) Obstetrics and Gynecology, FACOG; Certified Natural Family Planning Medical Consultant
- John A. Joyce, M.D. (MI) Obstetrics and Gynecology, Board Certified ACOG
- David R. Harnisch, Sr., M.D. (NE) Family Practice; Obstetrics and Gynecology, FACOG
- William C. McCarthy, M.D. (VA) Family Practice
- Fritz Baumgartner, M.D. (CA) Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Peter J. Murphy, M.D. (NE) Internal Medicine; Pediatrics
- John J. Billings, M.D. (Australia)
- Lyn Billings, M.D. (Australia)
- Bernard N. Nathanson, M.D. (NY) Obstetrics and Gynecology; Bioethics
- Wolfgang Miggiani, M.D. (PA) Family Practice
- Mark G. Petrizzi, M.D. (VA) Family Practice
- Michael G. White, M.D. (WI) Family Practice; Diplomate, American Board of Family Practice
- Jim Statt, M.D. (AZ) Obstetrics and Gynecology; Associate Fellow, ACOG
- Tom Malinich, M.D. (IL) Internal Medicine/Pediatrics; Resident Physician
- Robert Jaminet, M.D. (KY) Chief of Anesthesiology, St. Claire Medical Center
- Michael John Phillips, M.D. (WI) Pathology; Fellow, College of American Pathologists
- John T. Bruchalski, M.D. (VA) Fellow, College of American Pathologists
- John A. Rocque, M.D. (RI) Internal Medicine
- Donald Rose, M.D. (OR) Family Practice (Retired)
- Paul R. Bruch, M.D. (CT) Pediatrics
- Edmund F. Ziegler, M.D. (CT) Pediatrics, Emergency Room Specialist
- Nicholas P. Murphy, M.D. (CA) Obstetrics and Gynecology
- James E. Buckmaster, M.D. (KY) Family Practice
- Roger B. Anderberg, M.D. (KY) FAAP
- William E. Chaney, M.D. (MI) Family Medicine
- James D. Long, M.D. (PA) Obstetrics and Gynecology, Board Certified
- Richard R. Romanowski, M.D. (NY) Obstetrics and Gynecology
- William J. Burke, M.D. (MO) Neurology
- Faith D. Daggs, M.D. (MD) Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Michael P. Kennedy, M.D. (LA) Board Certified Family Physician
- Michael G. Molitor, M.D. (GA) Family Practice; EM; Member, CMA
- Leslie A. Chorun, M.D. (KS) Family Practice
- Timothy R. Fangman, M.D. (NE) Cardiology; Diplomat, American Board of Internal Medicine; Fellow, American College of Cardiology
- Ellen R. McInerney, M.D. (VA) Internal Medicine; Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine
- Joanne R. Gregory, M.D. (FL) Chiropractic, Acupunture
- Ludwik Kozlowski, M.D. (AR) Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Associate Clinical Professor
- Frederick F. Guida, M.D. (NY) Anesthesiology
- Hanna Klaus, M.D.,(MD) Obstetrics and Gynecology; FACOG
- Emory T. Gonzales, M.D. (AK) Diagnostic Radiology
- Andrew J. Breuder, M.D. (NH) Aerospace Medicine
- Michael A. Moell, M.D. (OH) Pediatrics
- Ann T. Moell, M.D. (OH) Family Practice
- Mell Hecker, D.O. (SC) Emergency Medicine, AOBEM certified
- Edwin T. Anselmi, M.D. (LA) Family Practice
- Melanio Villarosa, M.D. (FL) Pediatrics
- Lise Amy Labiche, M.D. (TX) Neurology
- Peggy B. James, M.D. (FL) Anesthesiology
- Sheryl Pitner, M.D. (NE) Pediatrics
- Edward I. Glynn, M.D. (OK) Family Practice
- Robert A. McClimans, M.D. (TX) Family Practice
- E.F. Diamond, M.D. (IL) Professor of Pediatrics; President of American Association of Pro-Life Pediatricians
- Joseph F. Harryhill, M.D. (PA) Urology, board certified
- James K. Matheson, M.D. (OH) Obstetrics and Gynecology; FACOG
- Angelo A. DellaPietra, M.D., D.O. (IL) Family Practice
- Mary L. Davenport, M.D. (CA) Obstetrics and Gynecology; FACOG
- John L. Rice, M.D. (IN) Pediatrics
- Leonie S. Watson, M.D. (NJ) Family Practice
- Richard A. Watson (NJ) Urology
- Rita L. Sullivan, M.D., (IL) Ophthamology
- Beverly A. McMillam, M.D. (MS) Obstetrics and Gynecology; FACOG
- Michael A. Dulac, M.D. (NE) Pediatrics, board certified
- Robert Kaladish, M.D. (NH) Psychiatry; Diplomate, ABPN