Arkansas governor's new 'medical conscience objections' law could result in LGBTQ+ people being

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refused treatment, human rights group says

Gov. Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas signed in new legislation on Friday that allows medical professionals to refuse to treat patients because of religious or moral objections, the Associated Press reported.

The new law says that doctors and healthcare institutions can object to participating in non-emergency treatments that violate their conscience, the news agency said.

It will come into effect in the late summer, according to AP.

The legislation is facing fierce opposition from human rights activists who say that LGBTQ+ individuals could be denied treatment.

https://news.yahoo.com/arkansas-governors-medical-conscience-objections-141244287.html

[Skittles]

1. I think if people have these kind of, er, "objections"

they should not in career fields where they may get put in a, er, "difficult" position

FUCK those sanctimonious assholes.

[Oldem]

2. "Medical conscience" is to do no harm and heal if possible. Using the term this way

is euphemistic, like "terminate with extreme prejudice." It's intention is to obscure its true meaning.

[keithbvadu2]

3. "refuse to treat patients because of religious or moral objections"

Many Catholics/Protestants feel that the other is not a true Christian.

[dsc]

4. This might be able to be mitigated to a large extent by executive order

Nearly all hospitals, and most doctors accept Medicare and Medicaid and both of them can require providers not to discriminate to stay in those programs.

[-misanthroptimist]

5. Does the AMA have any say in this?

It seems like they might have some ethical rules about doctors committing crimes against humanity.

[crickets]

6. The doublespeak is so tiresome.

If you have a conscience, you don't object to anyone being who they are. Grr.

[Runningdawg]

7. I was fresh out of nursing school when the HIV/AIDS epidemic hit

Drs, nurses and others refused to take care of them. REFUSED. They weren't fired, or even disciplined for refusing. In fact they were allowed to hold prayer meetings in the break room and locker room. Oh no, they weren't praying for the patient, they were praying for those of us working doubles 7 days a week. Not praying that god would bless us either, but that "he turn our hearts away from the perversion of the unclean and back to him" before we all went to hell too. They refused to allow us to put our clothes in the locker room, they refuse to allow us to put our lunches in the refrigerator. They threatened to have DHS take away our children and names were shouted at us as we walked to our cars....

Gradually the tide began to turn and those that refused were pushed out by those who cared. I'm retried now and I would TRULY like to believe that ANY medical professional seen engaging in refusing treatment would quickly be pushed aside by those committed to not letting all that happen AGAIN.