American College of Pediatricians

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The American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) is a medical association of pediatricians and other pediatric healthcare professionals in the United States. The College was founded in 2002 by a group of pediatricians, including former president of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Dr. Joseph Zanga, concerned about the AAP's stances on a number of issues.[1] The College produces policy statements on child development to assist parents and to influence society in the endeavor of childrearing.[2]

[edit] Objectives of the College[3]

  • To foster and stimulate improvement in all aspects of healthcare of infants, children, and adolescents;
  • To promote the basic father-mother family unit as the optimal setting for childhood development, while pledging to support all children, regardless of their circumstances;
  • To advocate for children at all stages of development, from conception to young adulthood;
  • To cultivate and encourage parental responsibility for and involvement in the child's life;
  • To engender the honest interpretation of scientific pediatric research, without deference to current political persuasions;
  • To promote the highest standards of medical practice among its members and within the field of pediatrics;
  • To encourage and support sound, ethical, scientific research in all aspects of healthcare for infants, children, and adolescents; and
  • To cooperate with other organizations having similar purposes and standards


[edit] Issue positions

The positions taken by the American College of Pediatricians are socially conservative. These positions include:

  • Opposition to adoption by homosexual individuals
  • Support for parentally guided access of young children's television viewing
  • Support parental choice regarding HPV vaccinations for young children (as opposed to legal mandates)
  • Opposition to the legalization of marijuana use
  • Support for the right to life of preborn children [4]
  • Defense of traditional mother-father heterosexual marriage [5]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ "A Brief History of the College: third papagraph;lonk: http://acpeds.org/?CONTEXT=art&cat=1002&art=150&BISKIT=3443231063
  2. ^ "About Us" at www.acpeds.org
  3. ^ "Objectives of the College link:http:acpeds.org/?CONTEXT=art&cat=10002&art=162&BISKIT=1249745275
  4. ^ Position Statements. American College of Pediatricians. Retrieved on 2007-12-26.
  5. ^ "Pediatricians Defend the Family" at www.acpeds.org

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