[hocndoc]

The AMA and ACOG were very active in lobbying the President to allow communication between patient and doctor.

The President changed the wording prior to his first veto of the legislation to overturn the entire directive in November,1991, to allow doctors (and only doctors) to counsel patients.

Here’s the billing records in question:
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/politics/THOMPSON_DOCS/thompson_records.pdf

The lobbying was all prior to 11/91. All contact after 11/91 was with DeSarno. Theres a good review here
http://www.riehlworldview.com/carnivorous_conservative/2007/07/thompson-bush-a.html

[Perchant]

Then it seems apparent that the “GAG rule” referred to in the billing statement refers to the non-doctors. It seems reasonable to me that abortion activists should be prohibited from pressuring women to kill their unborn children. I’ve always talked to only doctors about medical procedures I’ve undergone.