American Medical Association Wants
Ultrasound Baby Pictures Outlawed
CHICAGO -- Keepsake ultrasound "portraits" of fetuses are not medically appropriate and should be discouraged, the American Medical Association's House of Delegates stated at its annual meeting this week. The new AMA policy directs the organization to adopt current Food and Drug Administration policy on the use of non-diagnostic fetal ultrasound. The FDA policy states that "keepsake" fetal videos are an unapproved use of a medical device. In approving the policy, the House of Delegates also directed AMA leaders to lobby the FDA to enforce its prohibition of unapproved, non-medical uses of the technology.
Posted by Editor at June 22, 2005 12:48 PM
