This week, one major American medical association took a stand against the death penalty.
The American Board of Anesthesiologists has informed its 40,000 members that they will lose their certification if they work with states to end a prisoner's life. While it's possible to get a medical license without certification, most hospitals require it. So this move should hopefully discourage doctors from participating in executions.
Though the Board's move is the most dramatic one I've yet seen, it's joined by other medical groups that have likewise voiced their disgust at the practice. The American Medical Association, for example, doesn’t mince words about its view: the AMA says that assisting in an execution violates the fundamental medical credo to “first, do no harm.”
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