RE: Pediatrician Refuses Treatment of Baby of Lesbian Parents
April 6, 2015 at 2:41 pm
(This post was last modified: April 6, 2015 at 2:42 pm by Heywood.)
(April 6, 2015 at 9:02 am)robvalue Wrote: You take your kid to the hospital. It's had an accident, and it's bleeding to death. They're extremely busy, and there's only one surgeon who isn't already working on a patient. You are rushed in with your kid. The surgeon looks at your hair.
"You have brown hair. Sorry, that is offensive to my religion. I exercise my right to not have to provide my service to your child. I shall see if any other surgeons are available."
There aren't, as I've said. They're all involved in life saving surgery, and cannot just swap over with someone else. By the time one becomes available willing to treat your kid, it's too late and your kid has died.
Is this acceptable christians? Should the surgeon be held accountable for the death of the child, or should we protect his rights to not have to treat people when it's against his religion to do so?
If I owned a hospital, a surgeon would not be able to practice there unless he/she was willing to treat everyone and anyone. Same goes for the clinic. I have no problem if the clinic fires the doctor in question. She can go open her own office.
