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To: Morgana

Doctors who took the Hippocratic oath have committed themselves to the preservation of human life, which can be traced back all the way to the moment of conception. The fact that countless abortionists today have blithely taken this oath before entering into their “medical practice” doesn’t change the historical record. For thousands of years, prevailing medical wisdom has known that abortion is a barbaric act of violence (read: murder) that kills an innocent human being. Anyone should feel bad after they’ve committed murder.


5 posted on 12/18/2014 8:52:28 PM PST by lakecumberlandvet (Appeasement never works.)
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To: lakecumberlandvet

You are referring to the old fashioned Hippocratic oath that contained the following.

“Nor shall any man’s entreaty prevail upon me to administer poison to anyone; neither will I counsel any man to do so. Moreover, I will get no sort of medicine to any pregnant woman, with a view to destroy the child”

The modern Hippocratic oath reads differently.

“I will respect the privacy of my patients, for their problems are not disclosed to me that the world may know. Most especially must I tread with care in matters of life and death. If it is given me to save a life, all thanks. But it may also be within my power to take a life; this awesome responsibility must be faced with great humbleness and awareness of my own frailty. Above all, I must not play at God.”


7 posted on 12/18/2014 10:17:49 PM PST by joshhiggins
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