They claim that the procedures have saved thousands of lives among young black and Hispanic males.
The government said it was "entitled to the records," edited to protect the patients' identities, so it could weigh the doctors' claims that the procedure was medically necessary in some cases.
Instead, from the beginning, we have claimed that the procedure that yields higher atheoretical (non-parametric) pAUC is the procedure that policymakers should prefer (e.g., see Mickes et al., 2012, p. 368, where we first explain the problem with relying on a theoretical measure like d').
Some have even been caught lying outright to women seeking an abortion, claiming that the procedure would cause cancer, future infertility or mental health problems.
Some people said they didn't know how safe abortions were, while others claimed that the procedure often leads to injury and even death, which simply isn't true.
Some opponents of reproductive choice, unable to deter women from electing to terminate unwanted pregnancies through moral suasion, have increasingly attempted to scare women away from abortion with specious claims that the procedure is unsafe.
Third, if it is accepted that the provision of information will necessarily be incomplete, it could be claimed that the procedure ought to focus on the information that is most necessary and indispensable for consumers to give valid consent and to effectively prepare themselves for personal genome testing.
One hundred nineteen (32.2%) and 26 (7.0%) of the respondents claimed that the procedures and the diagnosis were not explained for them respectively.
18 The absence of evidence for clinical effectiveness was not only left out, but in combination the sites actually made scientifically inaccurate claims that the procedures were effective along physical, psychological, social and sexual parameters.
