"Your religious rights don't mean you can use them to undermine someone's civil rights." In layman's terms: "I want an abortion and you have to perform it or find someone who will."
I agree with about half of this. No your religious rights do not, and never should be able to undermine or over-ride someone else's civil rights. "I want an abortion and you have to perform it or find someone who will." This needs to have some very large caveats attached to it. A doctor should have the right to refuse to perform what he deems as unnecessary treatment (IE: an abortion for the sake of birth control) However, if a doctor, given a patient who will die if the pregnancy continues, or is dying as a result of the pregnancy, refuses to perform an abortion to save the mother's life Is guilty of malpractice (IMO) and should face the appropriate penalties. In the case of rape or incest, the victim should be given the option during the investigation process and there should be a doctor available to perform the procedure if needed. C. Hatton Humphrey wrote: >> The churches would NOT suddenly be forced to marry anybody they did not >> want to marry. >> > > This is where I am the most worried, and this is why, as related to abortion: > http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/oct/19/whats-wrong-with-respecting-everyones-right-to/ > > In the end, those who do not believe in abortion are asked/forced to > accept the position that abortion is about a woman's body, a woman's > right and a woman's choice, and that religion, society, parents and > fathers have no role in the decision. > > Beyond threatening the rights of parents, the most strident > pro-choicers now want to force doctors to perform abortions or refer > patients to someone who will, regardless if their consciences say > otherwise. As Hastings Center bioethicist Nancy Berliner puts it, > "Your religious rights don't mean you can use them to undermine > someone's civil rights." In layman's terms: "I want an abortion and > you have to perform it or find someone who will." > > I recall a suit where a woman was given a referral but sued the > referring doctor for not performing the procedure. I couldn't find a > reference for that one though. > > Who's to say that this same attitude won't be pressed by same sex couples? > > Hatton > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:278919 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
