A Focus on Life-Affirming Medicine

"As a life-affirming doctor, one of the core principles I live by is to 'never pit mom against baby.' 

By this I mean, I refuse to reinforce the idea that my patient's well being is opposed to her unborn child's well being."

Dr. Bruchalski is the Founder of Tepeyac OB/GYN, a pro-life, faith-based practice in Fairfax, Virginia serving women in the D.C. metropolitan area for over 25 years. His hope is to hope is to educate medical students and the broader community about what it means to view medicine as mercy, to hate diseases but love patients, and to present a philosophy of medicine coherent with an integrated view of women's health.

Dr. Bruchalski states, "One side is saying that standard, life-affirming treatment for pregnancy complications–such as ectopic pregnancies, life-threatening cases where preterm delivery is necessary, and miscarriage care–are all abortions. If we don't allow abortion-on-demand, these women will not get the medical care they need, they say. Nothing could be further from the truth..."

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