| ▲ | exolymph an hour ago | |
Should doctors be forced to perform abortions they don't condone? | ||
| ▲ | DaFranker an hour ago | parent | next [-] | |
Let me help answer that question by abstracting away the charged element and disambiguating the most common point of actual logical contention: Should doctors be forced to perform <P:procedure> they don't ~~condone~~[A:believe is medically safe and appropriate for a diagnosis|B:wish to support or endorse on non-medical grounds]. To me, and for most reasonable people I've properly been able to have a conversation with on this subject, the answer is universally an emphatic NO for the vast majority of possible procedures P, in both cases A and B. However, where things diverge is that most people believe there should be consequences for the doctor refusing on grounds B to perform a procedure other doctors would consider to fit the criteria of A, for virtually every P I've thought of. These consequences typically include removal of their license to practice medicine, and may include civil or criminal penalties in egregious cases where a doctor might claim religious objection to something like CPR in a situation where they were the only doctor working at an ER and the CPR was clearly medically necessary, for example. | ||
| ▲ | ordu 18 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
No one forced them to become gynecologists. | ||
| ▲ | secretsatan an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Depends how you define a doctor i guess, one that refuses to do the job isn’t. | ||