(July 1, 2014 at 8:47 pm)Losty Wrote:blackout Wrote:Again, what harm is there if a specialized clinic exists to avoid doctors in hospitals refusing? We are still protecting the rights of everyone. If a woman wants to abort, she is sent to those clinics.
Did you know that some women die whilst trying to jump through hoops to get an abortion in places where it is more difficult legally?
The harm is that if you allow a doctor to refuse treatment for religious reasons then you have to allow all doctors to refuse treatment for all religious reasons. Maybe the next doctor will refuse to perform an emergency c section because the mother isn't married and premarital sex is against his religion.
(July 1, 2014 at 8:43 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Abortion? Who said anything about abortion?
Is the doctors 1st amendment right not a justifiable reason?
No.
Again completely wrong. I'm not talking about religious reasons only, but also morals and ethics. Let's put it simply and I won't repeat this, refusing anything that endangers life is not allowed, refusing an abortion doesn't kill the woman. The case you mentioned doesn't apply where I live, since clinics are in the same city.
You allow refusal if there is an alternative. In the case of abortion, there are clinics for it. If you refuse something that is the only mean of saving a life, then it's not legal.
And the case of premarital sex is different, a doctor has nothing to do with personal decisions regarding sexual behavior, the case of abortion is a doctor believing they are killing someone. Seriously why is this so hard to understand? We shouldn't force people to go against their convictions so strongly, sounds like a dictatorship that violates freedom of conscience and religion/morals/ethics
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