Ignore IAAF, World Medical Association tells doctors following CasterSemenya ruling
The medical body has called on doctors not to implement the IAAF’s new regulations aiming to reduce female athletes’ testosterone levels through medication.
The World Medical Association has called on doctors not to implement the International Association of Athletics Federation’s new rules regarding female athletes, following the dismissal of middle distance runner and Olympic medalist Caster Semenya’s appeal to regulations that will force some female athletes to lower their testosterone levels through medication.
The association has released a statement aiming to “reiterate its advice to physicians around the world to take no part in implementing new eligibility regulations for classifying female athletes”. “We have strong reservations about the ethical validity of these regulations. They are based on weak evidence from a single study, which is currently being widely debated by the scientific community,” said WMA president Dr Leonid Eidelman in the statement.
“They are also contrary to a number of key WMA ethical statements and declarations, and as such we are calling for their immediate withdrawal,” he continued.READ MORE:
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