Again, doctors currently don't have to provide abortions if they don't want to. It's not like most general practitioners provide them anyway.
Really, I'm not going to force a doctor to regularly provide abortions. But it would be nice if they would consider the health of the patient. Such as in the case praxian2007 describes, or perhaps a rape victim.
Then you start to weigh whether or not your morals have a higher value than the life/well being of the woman involved.
However, the possibility of them changing that definition so that they can refuse contraceptives to a woman is part of what's so screamingly not okay. And not just your doctor. Anyone at any part of the medical process could refuse you service or treatment.
Also, y'know, the whole Hippocratic Oath thing that praxian2007 mentions.
That's what keeps doctors from doing things like "accidentally" killing someone who they happen to dislike, for whatever reason. That's why doctors who actually stand by their oath DO treat prisoners of war.
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Date: 2008-08-23 02:52 pm (UTC)From:Really, I'm not going to force a doctor to regularly provide abortions. But it would be nice if they would consider the health of the patient. Such as in the case
Then you start to weigh whether or not your morals have a higher value than the life/well being of the woman involved.
However, the possibility of them changing that definition so that they can refuse contraceptives to a woman is part of what's so screamingly not okay. And not just your doctor. Anyone at any part of the medical process could refuse you service or treatment.
Also, y'know, the whole Hippocratic Oath thing that
That's what keeps doctors from doing things like "accidentally" killing someone who they happen to dislike, for whatever reason. That's why doctors who actually stand by their oath DO treat prisoners of war.