American College of Pediatricians

This article is about the socially conservative advocacy group. For the professional association of pediatricians, see American Academy of Pediatrics.
American College of Pediatricians
Founded2002; 22 years ago (2002)
FoundersGerry Boccarossa and Joseph Zanga
Type501(c)(3)
47-0886878
Location
Members
slightly more than 700[1]
Revenue (2022)
$178,000
Expenses (2022)$143,000
Websitewww.acpeds.org

The American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) is a socially conservative advocacy group of pediatricians and other healthcare professionals in the United States, founded in 2002.[1][2] The group advocates in favor of abstinence-only sex education and advocates against vaccine mandates, abortion rights and rights for LGBT people, and promotes conversion therapy.[3][1][4] As of 2022, its membership has been reported at about 700 physicians.[5][6][1] Despite their name, ACPeds is not a college and does not confer degrees.

The organization's view on the relevance of sexual orientation to parenting differs from the position of the American Academy of Pediatrics, which holds that there is no connection between orientation and the ability to be a good parent and to raise healthy and well-adjusted children.[6][7][8] ACPeds has been listed as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center for pushing "anti-LGBTQ junk science".[3] A number of mainstream researchers, including the director of the US National Institutes of Health, have accused ACPeds of misusing or mischaracterizing their work to advance ACPeds' political agenda.[9][10] ACPeds has also been criticized for their professional sounding name which some have said is intended to mislead people into thinking they are a professional medical organization or mistake them for the similar sounding American Academy of Pediatrics.[11]

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  7. ^ Committee on Psychosocial Aspects of Child Family Health (February 2002). "Coparent or second-parent adoption by same-sex parents". Pediatrics. 109 (2): 339–40. doi:10.1542/peds.109.2.339. PMID 11826219.
  8. ^ American Academy Of, Pediatrics (August 2009). "Policy Statement—AAP publications retired and reaffirmed". Pediatrics. 124 (2). American Academy of Pediatrics: 845. doi:10.1542/peds.2009-1415. PMID 19651598.
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  11. ^ "The American College of Pediatricians Is an Anti-LGBT Group". Psychology Today. May 8, 2017. Retrieved September 7, 2024.