; Whereas the seminal 1982 Report of the President’s Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and in Biomedical and Behavioral Research states that a physician is obliged to mention all alternative treatments, including those he or she does not provide or favor, so long as they are supported by respectable medical opinion ; Whereas any policy that denies patients seeking care from title X-supported providers full and accurate information on and referral for healthcare services including abortion care violates basic medical ethics by forcing providers to withhold healthcare information from patients, and by denying patients’ basic right to informed consent; Whereas healthcare providers participating in the title X family planning program must not have limitations on providing full and accurate information in order to communicate freely and exercise the provider’s medical judgment to provide the safest and most beneficial medical treatment to the individual patient; and Whereas any policy that seeks to prevent healthcare providers participating in the title X family planning program from providing full and accurate information and referral for healthcare services threatens patient health, discourages honest conversation, and undermines the vital relationship between providers and patients, who rely upon their providers for complete and accurate information: Now, therefore, be it