Oct 30, 2008

NO on Prop 8 Campaign Releases Statement by 300 California Pediatricians

Leading Pediatricians Refute MD Who Signed Prop 8 Ballot Argument

SACRAMENTO - The NO on Prop 8 campaign today released a statement signed by more than 300 leading California pediatricians announcing their joint opposition to Prop 8 and concluding that the physician who signed the Prop 8 ballot statement, Jane Anderson, MD, in no way represents the majority of pediatricians on this issue. The pediatrician statement took issue with Dr. Anderson, who identifies herself as a Fellow of the American College of Pediatricians. According to that organization’s Web site, the American College of Pediatricians believes homosexuality is “preventable and changeable” and that “spanking can be an effective component of discipline.” (See: www.acpeds.org)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 30, 2008

Contact: Ali Bay
Phone: 916.284.9187

Julia Spiess
Phone: 916.601.8282

NO on Prop 8 Campaign Releases Statement by 300 California Pediatricians
Leading Pediatricians Refute MD Who Signed Prop 8 Ballot Argument

The pediatrician’s full statement against Prop 8 reads as follows:

“As pediatricians who care for children and families of California, we are writing to publicly deny any implication from the recently mailed “2008 California Voter” Guide that pediatricians support Prop 8. In the Guide, a rebuttal to the argument against Proposition 8 is signed by a pediatrician who is self-identified as a Fellow of the American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds). We wish to clarify that the ACPeds is an organization that does not in any way represent the majority of pediatricians’ opinions regarding this initiative.

“The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), not the ACPeds, is the national organization with over 60,000 members that represents American pediatricians. The Board of Directors of the national office of the AAP commissioned a review of the relevant literature regarding child health in the context of same sex unions. The report was authored by a diverse panel of twelve experts from around the country and was published in the AAP's journal Pediatrics in 2006. It concludes,

‘Civil marriage is a legal status that promotes healthy families by conferring a powerful set of rights, benefits, and protections that cannot be obtained by other means. Civil marriage can help foster financial and legal security, psychosocial stability, and an augmented sense of societal acceptance and support. Children who are raised by civilly married parents benefit from the legal status granted to their parents.

‘Gay and lesbian people have been raising children for many years and will continue to do so in the future; the issue is whether these children will be raised by parents who have the rights, benefits, and protections of civil marriage.

‘There is ample evidence to show that children raised by same-gender parents fare as well as those raised by heterosexual parents. More than 25 years of research has documented that there is no relationship between parents' sexual orientation and any measure of a child's emotional, psychosocial, and behavioral adjustment... Conscientious and nurturing adults, whether they are men or women, heterosexual or homosexual, can be excellent parents. The rights, benefits, and protections of civil marriage can further strengthen these families.’

“As physicians who care for society's most vulnerable members, we are committed to supporting what is best for our patients. In our clinical experience, supporting loving families supports children. Supporting the union and legal right of parents who care for our patients is not only the right thing for us to do; it is the professional thing to do.

“Please join us in protecting our patients and vote against Proposition 8 on November 4.”

The statement and the full list of pediatricians who signed it is posted online at www.noonprop8.com

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Tonya Chaffee, MD, MPH, San Francisco, CA
Colette Auerswald, MD, MS, San Francisco, CA
Myles Abbot, MD, District Chair, District IX (California) American Academy of Pediatrics
James Crawford, MD; Oakland , CA; Chair, Chapter 1 (Bay Area), District 9 (California ), American Academy of Pediatrics
Marc Lerner, MD; Chair, California District of the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on State Government Affairs
Douglas Jutte, MD, San Francisco, CA
Dzung Vo, MD; San Francisco, CA
Melissa Pujazon-Zazik, MD, MPH; San Francisco, CA
Shonul Agarwal , MD ; San Francisco , CA
Lucy Crain, MD, MPH; San Francisco , CA
Alex Blum, MD; Los Angeles, CA
Paul Silvestre, MD, MPH; San Francisco, CA
Barbara Moscicki, MD; San Francisco, CA
Susannah Kussmaul, MD; Palo Alto CA
Andrew Lan, MD, MPH; Palo Alto, CA
Michael Myette, MD; Sacramento,CA
Steve Martel, MD; San Francisco, CA
Naomi Bardach, MD; San Francisco, CA
Kristin Ammon, MD; San Francisco, CA
Ashley Ward, MD; San Francisco , CA
Shannon Udovic-Constant, MD; San Francisco, CA
Christopher Adrian, MD; San Francisco, CA
Clement Cheung MD PhD; San Francisco , CA
Mark L. Rubinstein, MD; San Francisco , CA
W. Clay Gustafson MD/PhD; San Francisco , CA
Christopher J. Russell, M.D.; San Francisco , CA
Janet Stafford, MD; San Francisco , CA
Loris Hwang , MD , MS; San Francisco , CA
Glenn Rosenbluth, MD; San Francisco , CA
Darren Fiore, MD; San Francisco , CA
Denah Taggart , MD ; San Francisco , CA
Barbara C. Forneret, M.D.
Curren Warf , MD MSEd, Los Angeles , CA
Stephanie Bloom, MD; San Francisco , CA
John Liou, MD; San Francisco , CA
Michelle Hsiang, MD; San Francisco , CA
Anne Sullivan, MD; San Francisco , CA 5.
Colin Partridge , MD , MPH; San Francisco , CA
Sonny Tat , MD , MPH; San Francisco , CA
Janet C. Shimotake, MD; San Francisco , CA
Timothy A. Sanders, MD, PhD; San Francisco , CA
Michele Long, MD; Palo Alto , CA
Courtney Hallum, MD; Palo Alto , CA
Katy Davis, MD, MPH; San Francisco , CA
Amy Beck, MD; San Francisco , CA
Yvonne Wu, MD, MPH; San Francisco, CA
Heather Fullerton, MD, MAS; San Francisco, CA
Louise Lo, MD; San Francisco, CA
Jennifer Lauchle, MD; San Francisco, CA
Amy Houtrow, MD, MPH; San Francisco, CA
Arup Roy-Burman, MD, FAAP; Oakland, CA
Trevor D. Burt, MD; San Francisco, CA
Mignon Loh, MD ; San Francisco, CA
Theodore Nicolaides, MD; San Francisco, CA
Michelle Hermiston, MD, PhD; San Francisco, CA
Michael Kuzniewicz, MD, MPH; San Francisco, CA
Elizabeth Rogers, MD; San Francisco, CA
Elizabeth Grady, MD; South San Francisco, CA
Stephen M. Rosenthal, M.D.; San Francisco, CA
Kyle Steinman, MD, MAS; San Francisco, CA
Gary Huang, MD; San Francisco, CA
Alex Zusman, MD, MPH; San Francisco, CA
Roger K. Long, M.D.; Belmont, CA
Allon Beck, MD ; San Francisco, CA
Theodore Ruel, MD; San Francisco, CA
Harold S. Bernstein, MD, PhD; San Francisco, CA
Kyle Steinman, MD, MAS; San Francisco, CA
Sabine Mueller, MD, PhD; San Francisco, CA
Lisa Leavitt, MD; Marin, CA
Thomas K. Shimotake, MD; Marin, CA
David McCulley, MD; San Francisco, CA
Sophia Yen, MD, MPH; Palo Alto
Cam Tu Tran, MD; San Francisco, CA
Chris Stewart, MD; San Francsisco, CA
Sarah Carpenter, M.D; Panorama City, CA
Diana M. Edwards, MD; San Francisco, CA
Kyle Steinman, MD, MAS; San Francisco, CA
Susan Beesley, MD; Oakland, CA
Michael K. Pickens, DO; San Francisco, CA
Alex Blum, MD; Los Angeles, CA
Alice Kuo, MD, PhD; Los Angeles, CA
Debra Lotstein, MD, MPH; Los Angeles, CA
Bethlehem Chapin, MD; San Francisco, CA
Sharon Pancio, MD; Richmond, CA
Gina DeAngelis, MD; Novato, CA
Liana McCabe, MD; San Francisco, CA
Carl Nosek, MD; San Francisco, CA
Natalie Davis, MD; San Francisco, CA
Nami Jhaveri, MD, MPH; San Francisco, CA
Lauren Brave, MD; Palo Alto, CA
Marc Brewer, MD; Palo Alto, CA
Alma Cortez, MD; Los Angeles, CA
Erica Pan, MD, MPH; San Francisco, CA
Molina Patel, DO; San Rafael, CA
Michael Harris, MD; Mill Valley CA
Richard Dow, MD; Mill Valley CA
Otto von Franque, MD; San Rafael, CA
Andrea Feeback-Lee, MD; San Rafael, CA
Karen Sun, MD; San Francisco, CA
Roberta L. Keller, MD; San Francisco, CA
Tracey Hessel, MD, Marin, CA
Amy Feldmann, MD; Oakland, CA
Marlene Rodriguez, MD; Oakland CA
Andrew C. Saunders, MD; San Francisco, CA
Lisa Meneses, MD; San Francisco, CA
Mara Gracia Galvez Picon, M.D
Anda Kuo, MD; San Francisco, CA
Marlene Rodriguez, MD, Oakland, CA
Cindy Chung, MD; San Rafael, CA
Toby Hays, MD; Oakland, CA
Nel Latronica, MD ; Oakland, CA
Hali Sherman, MD ; Oakland, CA
Genevieve Santillanes, MD; Torrance CA
Don Hensley, MD; Petaluma, CA
Paul Katz, MD, FAAP; San Rafael CA
Kirk Hahn, MD, MPH; Walnut Creek, CA
Amy Felice Mandel, MD; Oakland, CA
Amy Mandel, MD; Oakland, CA
John Huang, MD; Los Angeles, CA
Harry Duh, MD; Hayward, CA
Andrew Lan, MD, MPH; Palo Alto, CA
Lee Atkinson-McEvoy, MD; San Francisco, CA
Hali Sherman, MD ; Oakland, CA
Ilanit Cohen MD; Los Angeles, CA
Amy Lau MD; Newport Beach, CA
Stephanie Washburn, MD; San Diego, CA
Laura Maselli, MD; Mountain View, CA
Emery Chang, MD; Los Angeles, CA
Elliott H. Sherr, MD, PhD; San Francisco, CA
Beth Farman-Farmaian, MD, MSc; Palo Alto, CA
Ricky Choi, MD, MPH; Oakland, CA
Jonathan Strober, MD, PhD; San Francisco, CA
Heather McKeag, MD; Oakland, CA
Shivangi Bhatt, MD, MSc; Los Angeles, CA
Louise Greenspan, MD; San Francisco, CA
Walter Miller, MD; San Francisco, CA
David K. Becker, MD, MPH; San Francisco, CA
William DeGoff, MD; San Francisco, CA
Marta Kosinski, MD; San Francisco, CA
Emily Roth, MD; San Francisco, CA
Kara Wright, MD; San Francisco, CA
Tricia Tayama, MD San Francisco, CA
Arti Desai, MD, San Francsico, CA
Mary Ann Shafer, MD;San Francisco, CA
Adrian Castro, MD; Los Angeles, CA
Seth Ammerman, M.D.; Palo Alto, CA
Celeste Allen, MD; Oakland, CA
Jennifer Djafari, MD; San Jose, CA
Jennifer Miller, MD; Berkeley, CA
Amy Kostishack, MD ; San Jose, CA
Howard Chow, MD ; San Mateo, CA
Albert C Goldberg, MD San Rafael, CA
Lee Anna Botkin, MD Santa Clara , CA
Nelson Branco, MD Greenbrae, CA
Kyle Steinman, MD, MAS; San Francisco, CA
Rusha Pearson MD, Oakland CA
Clint Pollack, MD ; Fresno, CA
Elio Gizzi, MD, Oakland, CA
Jeff Corral-Ribordy, MD, MPH, Eureka, CA
Yasuko Fukuda MD, FAAP, San Francisco
Lauren Brave, MD; Palo Alto, CA
Kathleen Leonard, MD, Palo Alto, CA
Carrie Loutit, M.D, LPCH, Stanford, CA
Ritu Chitkara, M.D., LPCH, Stanford, CA
William Melton, MD, San Francisco, CA
Chris Carpenter, MD, San Francisco, CA
Alison Reed, MD, San Francisco, CA
Ann Troy, MD, San Rafael, CA
Uta B. Kerl MD, Mill Valley, CA
Elizabeth Salsberg, MD, San Francisco, CA
Faye Lundergan, MD Petaluma, CA
Sarah Cueva, MD, Mountain View, CA
Audrey Foster-Barber, MD, PhD; San Francisco, CA
Adam Frymoyer, M.D.San Francisco, CA
Jane M. Meill, MD, Greenbrae, CA
D. James Pyskaty, MD, Marin, CA
Jan Maisel, MD
Kara Ornstein, MD Greenbrae, CA
Chris White, MD, Greenbrae, CA
Shannon Thyne, MD, San Francisco
Megan L. Curran, MD San Francisco, CA
John S. Lee, MD, Greenbrae, CA
Kathrin Sidell, MD; San Francisco CA
Tatiana Goldstein, MD
Kathryn Meier, MD, MPH Greenbrae, CA
Gina DeAngelis, MD; San Francisco, CA
Suzanne Christie, MD,
Juliana Gomez-Arostegui,MD, MPH, San Francisco, CA
Daniel C. West, MD, San Francisco, CA
Clement Donahue, MD, San Francisco, CA
Lauren Brave, MD; Palo Alto, CA
Kathleen Leonard, MD, Palo Alto, CA
Carrie Loutit, M.D, LPCH, Stanford, CA
Ritu Chitkara, M.D., LPCH, Stanford, CA
Lindsey Yeats, M.D. Palo Alto, CA
Nancy Showen MD, San Francisco, CA
Laura Balestreri, MD, Castro Valley, CA
Amy Callen, MD, Alameda, CA
Tanya Nauenberg, MD; Santa Cruz, CA
Nancy Showen MD, San Francisco, CA
Laura Balestreri, MD, Castro Valley, CA
Neil Hoglund MD, Castro Valley, CA
Jaleh Niazi, MD, Oakland, CA
Alisa Matsunaga MD, Oakland, CA
Jacob Garcia, MD, San Francisco, CA
Elliot Vichinsky, MD, Oakland, CA
Carla Golden, MD, Oakland, CA
Paul Harmatz, MD, Oakland, CA
John Waterson, MD, Oakland, CA
John Pescetti, MD, Oakland, CA
Michael Usem MD, Oakland, CA
James H Hanson MD, Oakland, CA
Tobias Hays, MD, Oakland, CA
Adriana E Zambrano, MD Oakland, CA
James Wright, MD, Oakland, CA
Charlotte Hsieh, MD, Oakland, CA
Christina Lo, MD, Oakland, CA
George Martinez, Oakland, CA
Barbara Beach, MD, Oakland, CA
Lynne Neumayer, MD, Oakland, CA
Pat Chase, MD, Oakland, CA
Nancy Curtis, MD Lafayette, CA
William Hawk, MD, Berkeley, CA
Elaine Pico, MD, Berkeley CA
Jennifer Olson, MD, Moraga, CA
Rose Ellen Morrell, MD, Berkeley, CA
Tim Nichole, MD, Berkeley, CA
Tammy Wang, Union City, CA
Kelley Meade, MD, Berkeley, CA
Cynthia Kapphahn, MD, MPH; Mountain View, CA
Candida M Brown MD, Oakland, CA
Robin Winokor, MD, Oakland, CA
Susan Wu, MD; Los Angeles, CA
Charles V. Golden, DO; Los Angles, CA
Nancy Showen MD, San Francisco, CA
Lydia Shrestha MD, Oakland, CA
R. William Charlton, MD; San Francisco, CA
Kristine Madsen, MD, MPH; San Francisco, CA
Samuel Mireles MD, Menlo Park, CA
Calvin Kuan, M.D., Stanford, CA
Annie Mohler, MD
Gail Wright, M.D., Menlo Park, CA
Angela Feng MD, Oakland, CA
Julia Chu, MD; Oakland, CA
Erica Winnicki MD, San Francisco, CA
Heather Briscoe, MD: San Francisco, CA
Karen Sokal-Gutierrez, MD, MPH, Berkeley, CA
Richard Quint, MD, MPH, Berkeley, CA
Li-hsia Wang, MD, Berkeley, CA
Sheila D. Jenkins, M.D., San Francisco, CA
Sarabenet Sequeira, MD, Mill Valley, CA
Rachel Velek, MD Oakland, CA
Raelene Walker, MD; Capitola, CA
Erin Heath, M.D., San Rafael, CA
Annemary Franks, MD, Berkeley, CA
Rachel Bauer, MD; San Francisco, CA
Marion A. Koerper, MD, San Francisco, CA
Susan Fisher-Owens, MD, San Francisco, CA
Alex BluBlumD; Los Angeles, CA
Shivangia Bhatt MD, MSc, Los Angeles, CA
Glenn S. Schlundt, MD MPH Pasadena CA
Mark Z. Powell, MD Pasadena CA
Johanna Olson, MD, Los Angeles, Ca
Robbie Morris, MD Los Angeles, CA
Kerry English, MD, Los Angeles
Mason, Wilbert H. MD, MPH, Los Angeles, CA
Michelle M. Pepitone, MD, San Francisco, CA
Diana Mahar, MD, Richmond, CA
Beth Goldberg, MD, Oakland, CA
Lisa Kalar, MD, Berkeley, CA
Ron Clyman, MD, San Francisco, CA
Lisa Rood, MD, Brentwood, CA
Kyle, Steinman, MD, MAS, San Francisco, CA
Brian Linde, MD, Oakland, CA
Susan Goddard, MD, Oakland, CA
Jim Bennet, MD, Capitola, CA
Michelle Perro, MD,
Janet Berreman, MD, MPH, Berkeley, CA
William Rhea, MD, Berkeley, CA
Budd Shenkin, MD, Oakland, CA
Stacy Drasen, MD, San Rafael, CA
Camille Brown, MD, San Rafael, CA
Diana Mahar, MD, Richmond, CA
Kali Zivitz, MD, San Francisco, CA
Jennifer Kaufman, MD San Mateo, CA
Alex Blum, MD, Los Angeles, CA
Wendy Slusser, MD, Los Angeles, CA
Jennifer Zalla, MD, Oakland, CA
Douglas Jutte, MD, San Francisco, CA
Rachel Borovina, MD, San Mateo, CA
C. Jeanne Lee, MD, San Francisco CA
Douglas Jutte, MD, San Francisco, CA
Steven Goldman, MD, San Francisco, CA
Stephen Harris, MD, Santa Clara, CA
D. Stewart Rowe, MD, Greenbrae, CA
Thomas Robinson, MD, MPH, Menlo Park, CA
Ronald Clyman, MD, San Francisco, CA
Trevor D. Burt, MD, San Francisco, CA
Lisa Chamberlain, MD, MPH; Palo Alto, CA
Thomas Robinson, MD, MPH, Menlo Park, CA
Stewart Rowe, MD, Greenbrae, CA
Loraine Franks, MD, Hercules, CA
Rashmi Narayan, MD, Los Angeles, CA
Pamela Nguyen, MD, Los Angeles, CA
Sareena Jaspal, MD, Mill Valley, CA
Ayanna Bennett, MD, MS, Alameda, CA
Alison J. Niederer, MD, Sausolito, CA
Judy Yamamoto, MD, Los Altos, CA
Eliza Humphreys, MD, MPH, San Francisco, CA
Sanjeev Datar, MD PhD, San Francisco, CA
Albert Chan, MD, San Francisco, CA
Kimberly Newell, MD, San Francisco, CA
Rebecca McEntee, MD, San Francisco,
Jack Chase, MD, San Francisco, CA
Deepti Gupta, MD, San Francisco, CA
Janet Perlman, MD, MPH, Berkeley, CA
Suzanne Christie, MD, Mill Valley, CA
Claire Unis, MD Auburn, CA
Leo Benjamine, MD, Lincoln, CA
Mary Beth Hughes, MD
H Carrie Chen, MD, MSEd, San Francisco, CA
Mary-Ann Shafer, MD, San Francisco
Barbara Long, MD, San Francisco

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