You know, 50 years ago, lots of doctors found it abhorrent to practice medicine on black people. Talking about doctor's rights to bar an entire portion of the population from medical care sounds as ridiculous now as it did then.
In another example...some religions find giving blood transfusions abhorrent. It just so happens blood transfusions save lives. If I was in a horrific car accident and the only ER physician on duty was one who didn't believe in blood transfusions, would he have the right to refuse to treat me and not to refer me to someone else knowing that I would die?
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Date: 2008-08-24 05:04 am (UTC)From:In another example...some religions find giving blood transfusions abhorrent. It just so happens blood transfusions save lives. If I was in a horrific car accident and the only ER physician on duty was one who didn't believe in blood transfusions, would he have the right to refuse to treat me and not to refer me to someone else knowing that I would die?