RE: Religious people in the medical field
November 10, 2018 at 11:23 pm
(This post was last modified: November 10, 2018 at 11:27 pm by brewer.)
(November 10, 2018 at 10:33 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote:(November 10, 2018 at 7:47 pm)Aliza Wrote: If a religious doctor refuses to provide treatment on the grounds of religious convictions, then that doctor should in no short order become your former doctor. If a doctor simply believes Jesus died on the cross to save you from your sins (or whatever it is Christians believe) and they want to deck their office out with things that make them feel comfortable, and this doctor can also cure cancer or remove a brain tumor, then I say pick and choose your battles.
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(November 10, 2018 at 9:49 pm)Belaqua Wrote: Currently we're talking about religious objections to good procedures. Everybody on this forum agrees, I think: we don't want certain people to refuse to do things because their consciences object.
We have to be careful about what kind of laws we demand, though. If Trump makes it illegal to deliver "anchor babies" or sell medicine to people who don't carry proof of citizenship, then conscientious objection to those laws will be necessary. So we don't want to find that we've accidentally thrown those people in jail.
Medicine needs to come before religion and/or politics. (see post #21)
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