RE: Abortion is morally wrong
July 2, 2014 at 12:54 pm
(This post was last modified: July 2, 2014 at 12:58 pm by FatAndFaithless.)
(July 2, 2014 at 12:41 pm)Rhythm Wrote:(July 2, 2014 at 12:24 pm)blackout94 Wrote: Fatanfaitless you made a really good point, doctors that aren't fine with abortion shouldn't have determined specializations. That solves the problem.-by insisting that doctors ought to waive their 1st amendment right if they want to be in a particular field. A right that you can waive isn't much of a right at all. Can I voluntarily waive some other right I have for increased economic opportunity? Can I sell myself, for example?
Yes. It should be insisted that they waive their first amendent rights if they want to specialize in a particular field. This is not the government taking away a right, it is an individual entering a voluntary position that has standards that they have taken an oath to adhere to. A doctor cannot deny a blood transfusion to a patient even if it grinds against their religion, because they took an oath in order to become a doctor that places the wellbeing of their patients above everything else. Nobody is forcing these people to become OB/GYN's, they are entering the field and spending years learning about how to administer these treatments to improve the wellbeing of their patients (women). They don't get to pick and choose which parts of their oath they want to stick to, or what parts of medical treatments they don't like absed on their religion.
And yes, I'm sorry to tell you that a right is something that you can waive. That's the point of a right. Nobody else can take it from you, but you can choose not to exercise it. People do it all the time, for example a right to an attorney (self representation), miranda rights, right to privacy (they can be as explicit about their personal lives as they want, its just the government can't force them to). Again, nobody is forcing these people to become OB/GYN's against their will. They take an oath and have standards of their profession. Period.
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