STATEMENT OF KIM GANDY, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT ON THE NOMINATION OF DR. HENRY FOSTER
February 12, 1995


Although NOW abhors unnecessary hysterectomies, what Dr. Foster did was no different from thousands of well-meaning doctors two decades ago. Medical opinion has changed since then, and so has Dr. Foster's. NOW continues to support his nomination.

The historic attitude of the mainstream medical profession towards women's reproductive health, and particularly that of mentally disabled women, has left much to be desired. And NOW has worked for nearly 30 years to change those attitudes, and the treatment that came with them. Dr. Foster has devoted his life to ensuring that women receive the full range of reproductive health care, and he deserves to be judged on his entire record.

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