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muriel_volestrangler

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19. Examples of the bigotry this could enable

Thu Dec 13, 2012, 03:22 PM

Dec 2012

Refusal of pregnancy care to an unmarried mother
Refusal of paediatric care to the child of a gay couple
Refusal of care to an overweight person
Refusal of care to an alcoholic
Refusal of contraceptive advice (I don't know, is that already allowed by some idiotic law?)
Refusal of treatment for HIV

This goes far beyond the unlikely "I don't believe in transfusions" example the article gives. There are significant sects that have 'moral and ethical' objections that already have many qualified doctors and nurses. Hell, the RC church owns many of the hospitals in the country, and they have prejudices against unmarried mothers and gay people.

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State Senate passes bill allowing doctors to refuse care for moral or ethical reasons [View all] avebury Dec 2012 OP

Ten years ago I would never have believed these kinds of actions to be even remotely possible. nt. OldDem2012 Dec 2012 #1

There are a lot of truly fucked up states/places in the US today. When I was a kid this would have RKP5637 Dec 2012 #8

Ten years ago and more, they happened every day and nobody cared ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #14

Not to this extent. nt. OldDem2012 Dec 2012 #15

Actually it was much worse ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #17

So much for the Hypocratic Oath---- randr Dec 2012 #2

We must do all we can to recover from this slippery slope the GOP is taking us down. Evangalize and Ninga Dec 2012 #3

The new Michigan state motto should be SoCalNative Dec 2012 #4

this is truly fucking insane rurallib Dec 2012 #5

See #6. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2012 #7

Yes, some ProSense Dec 2012 #13

They tried to do similar in Kansas. It made it through the teabagger house, the teabagger governor RKP5637 Dec 2012 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author WhoIsNumberNone Dec 2012 #9

This is where religion goes get the red out Dec 2012 #10

We need to make sure we never have another (R) Governor here. EVER! Motown_Johnny Dec 2012 #11

Here's the sad ProSense Dec 2012 #12

I watch Rachel too. Motown_Johnny Dec 2012 #18

We need a constitutional amendment banning the tea party. Initech Dec 2012 #16

Examples of the bigotry this could enable muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #19