At the Pennsylvania Medical Society, Activism Crushed Medicine

RealClear Politics ^ | November 12, 2025 | Kurt Miceli

[E. Pluribus Unum]

You’d think that a medical society would focus fully on medicine. But as I just saw at the Pennsylvania Medical Society’s annual meeting, you’d be wrong.

On Oct. 18, I attended that meeting as a delegate, with the goal of getting the society to adopt my resolution opposing transgender drugs and procedures for children. While 27 states have protected children to varying degrees, Pennsylvania continues to allow teenagers and pre-teens to undergo invasive and irreversible treatments, even as a growing body of research shows how dangerous they are to children’s physical and mental health. Doctors, who take an oath to “do no harm,” have a medical and ethical obligation to protect these uniquely vulnerable young patients.

While the evidence is clear, I knew I faced an uphill battle, since much of organized medicine has been ideologically captured by the activist community. Even so, I was astounded at what I saw. Not only did my state’s medical society reject my pro-patient resolution out of hand, but it rallied behind a slew of blatantly political resolutions that are well outside physicians’ scope of expertise.

Consider what happened to my resolution. First, it went to a committee that gathers testimony, refines proposals, and ultimately makes a recommendation to the delegates on any action the society should or shouldn’t take. My resolution was met with multiple testimonies in opposition, accusing me of everything from a “conflict of interest” to working for a “hate group.” When the committee finished its review, it recommended that delegates reject my resolution.

Instead of letting the committee get the last word, I brought my resolution to the full body of voting delegates. I hoped for a vigorous debate, but after all of 10 minutes, it was clear that the resolution was doomed. Another delegate made a motion to send my proposal for...

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[sauropod]

Bkmk

[redangus]

And many if those new, young doctors hold the view that whites, especially older whites and most particularly older, white males have had their fair share of medical care. In their minds it’s only fair that nonwhites be given preferential treatment to make up for past inequities.

[I-ambush]

Did they vote to refer him to the state medical board for disciplinary action?

[caddie]

PA physicians obviously have got a morality problem, an IQ problem, a judgment problem, and a greed problem.

The whole state is like Oregon on the Delaware.

Too bad the physician class provides no grown-up guidance to the lay population at all.

It's gross and an abomination to carve up misguided children's privates for profit. But, contracts with a minor are voidable in general.

So proceeding with mutilation surgery also shows a colossal lack of judgement, and absence of the self-preservation instinct, because these minors can come at you with a mayhem suit. And, if these idiot physicians haven't noticed, the patients and their parents are to a man completely crazy. They could and would change their minds about transitioning before the steri-strips come off their fresh wounds.

[rlmorel]

It is true that the vast majority of the medical profession has been captured by the Left. There exists a very high proportion of what are known as AWFULs...Affluent, White, Female, Urban Leftists that make up the "voice" of healthcare. They have also largely taken over Human Resources. They are loud. And they are strident.

We all know they are getting them indoctrinated in K-12 and college. But the Medical School curriculums have gone down this road as well.

I have heard it said that a lot of medical schools no longer subscribe to the Hippocratic Oath or have new MDs take it.

Oh, how I wish that were true. If they trashed the old one and didn't require them to take an oath of any kind, it might be less damaging.

But the NEW oaths many are taking are disgusting, and this his just one recent example:

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Class of 2024 Oath (they would have, as Medical Students, graduated last year so this was around 2020 when they took this oath)

As the entering class of 2020, we start our medical journey amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and a national civil rights movement reinvigorated by the killings of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery. We honor the 700,000+ lives lost to COVID-19, despite the sacrifices of health care workers.

We recognize the fundamental failings of our health care and political systems in serving vulnerable communities. This oath is the first step in our enduring commitment to repairing the injustices against those historically ignored and abused in medicine: Black patients, Indigenous patients, Patients of Color and all marginalized populations who have received substandard care as a result of their identity and limited resources.

Acknowledging the privilege and responsibility that come with being a physician, I take this oath as a call to action to fulfill my duty to patients, to the medical profession and to society.

Thereby, I pledge as a physician and lifelong student of medicine:

I will support and collaborate with my colleagues across disciplines and professions, while respecting the patient’s vital role on the health care team.

I will honor my physical, mental and emotional health so as to not lessen the quality of care I provide.

I will carry on the legacy of my predecessors by mentoring the next generation of diverse physicians.

I will recognize the pivotal role of ethical research in the advancement of medicine and commit myself to endless scholarship with the ultimate goal of improving patient care.

I will care for my patients’ holistic well-being, not solely their pathology. With empathy, compassion and humility, I will prioritize understanding each patient’s narrative, background and experiences while protecting privacy and autonomy.

I will champion diversity in both medicine and society, and promote an inclusive environment by respecting the perspectives of others and relentlessly seeking to identify and eliminate my personal biases.

I will be an ally to those of low socioeconomic status, the BIPOC community, the LGBTQIA+ community, womxn/women, differently-abled individuals and other underserved groups in order to dismantle the systemic racism and prejudice that medical professionals and society have perpetuated.

I will educate myself on social determinants of health in order to use my voice as a physician to advocate for a more equitable health care system from the local to the global level.

I will restore trust between the health care community and the population in which I serve by holding myself and others accountable, and by combating misinformation in order to improve health literacy.

In making this oath, I embrace the ever-changing responsibilities of being a physician and pledge to uphold the integrity of the profession in the clinic and beyond.