03-03-2009, 07:38 PM
Quote:I'll repeat. A soldier surrenders their rights when they enlist.
And a GP surrenders some of their rights when they take the Hyppocratic oath. Which nobody forced them to, anyways.
Quote:When you try to be a doctor, your objective is usually to save lives and help people.
Helping people also includes abortions... Personal religious beliefs won't change the fact that some people's lives are going to be a hell of a lot better after them.
Quote:Doctors were asked how they would respond if a patient requested a legal medical procedure the doctors opposed on ethical grounds. Sixty-three percent said it would be OK to explain their objections to the patient.
Good on them.
Quote: Eighteen percent said they're not obligated to refer the patient to another physician who does the procedure.
And that's the problem 18%. You'd have to be very naive to think that becoming a GP will mean that you won't at one point be an accessory to an abortion. These people are placing their personal beliefs above giving people the care they need - fine on them, that's their perogative, but they shouldn't be working as doctors.