No More Pro-Life OB/GYNs?!
On June 19th I wrote about pro-life pharmacist’s facing accusations of unethical behavior for not providing abortive remedies to their customers.
Now doctors are facing the same pressure. Here’s the issue. Suppose a woman goes in for an exam and her obstetrician realizes there is a problem with the fetus which would lead a pro-choice physician to recommend a “therapeutic” abortion. But suppose this doctor is pro-life. Obviously she is not going to perform an abortion. But because she is pro-life she cannot participate in a abortion either, not even by referring her patient to a different physician. For those who are pro-life that decision is obviously justified. But for those who are pro-choice it appears to be a breach in the physician’s agreement to benefit her patient.
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