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CV NEWS FEED // A crisis pregnancy care organization is challenging a proposed resolution from the Idaho Medical Association that accuses pregnancy resource centers of providing illegitimate healthcare.
According to the IMA’s website, a resolution in this context “is the vehicle used to propose to the Idaho Medical Association (IMA) House of Delegates (HOD) an official policy for adoption or directive for action, or both.”
The proposed resolution accuses pregnancy resource centers in Idaho, including Stanton Healthcare, of “not being legitimate healthcare organizations, providing inaccurate medical information, misleading patients, acting unethically, being manipulative, and having unlicensed volunteers in white coats give out information to women in exam rooms,” according to Christian Newswire.
Stanton Healthcare, a crisis pregnancy care organization with physical locations in Boise and Meridian, as well as a traveling mobile clinic, is named in the resolution. Christian Newswire reported the organization has called for IMA to withdraw the resolution, or at the very least remove Stanton Healthcare from it under threat of legal action.
Samantha Doty, Stanton Healthcare’s Director of Clinical Services, refuted the resolution’s claims by stating that “Stanton Healthcare is a fully accredited medical clinic, recognized by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC).”
“We offer legitimate medical services, including lab-grade pregnancy testing, limited OB ultrasounds adhering to AIUM standards, well-woman exams, cervical cancer screening, birthing and parenting classes, lactation support, massage therapy, and life coaching—all at no cost to our clients,” she stated, according to Christian Newswire. “I urge members of the Idaho Medical Association to vote against Resolution 105 and stand with pregnancy clinics like Stanton Healthcare to continue providing critical services to women in our community.”
Brandi Swindell, Founder and CEO of Stanton Healthcare, stated that “A resolution being considered by the IMA could have devastating consequences for professional, licensed, nonprofit women’s centers that provide essential care to women in need.”
“It is deeply troubling that the Idaho Medical Association is smearing life-affirming pregnancy clinics like Stanton Healthcare, which provide essential, compassionate care to women facing unexpected pregnancies. Our entire medical team — including MDs, PAs, RNs, RDMSs, Ultrasound Technicians, and Social Workers — is properly and professionally credentialed,” she stated, later adding:
In this post-Roe landscape, life-affirming clinics are being attacked like never before, but we remain steadfast in our mission to reflect a heart for life, hope, and healing. Stanton Healthcare is committed to opposing this unwarranted and coordinated disinformation campaign, but we cannot do it alone.
The IMA will vote on the resolution October 4.
