Posted on 01/01/2009 7:53:02 AM PST by moneyrunner
The Virginian Pilot has a … shall we say “interesting” view of ethics. Let us first get rid of the canard that journalism has ethical standards to which it scrupulously adheres. That’s a punch line for a joke, not a serious point for discussion.
In this editorial it demands that people who are opposed to abortion be required – by law – to violate their own ethical standards in order to keep a job.
The editorial begins with the obligatory Bush bashing.
…as Bush prepares to exit the White House, he's tossing a prize to anti-abortion activists and leaving the victims of sexual assault more vulnerable than ever.
Note the referral to “anti-abortion activists” rather than people who believe abortion is ethically wrong. Most people who fall into that category are not active in any way, they simply believe in the sanctity of life. The members of the Pilot editorial staff do not.
And how does the belief of people who are opposed to abortion leave victims of sexual assault “more vulnerable?” The editors never say. They simply repeat what abortion activists say.
New regulations … would reduce access to emergency contraceptives and counseling by declaring a "right of conscience" for health care workers who refuse to provide those services because of their religious or moral beliefs. Hospitals, clinics or government agencies that fail to accommodate their employees would lose federal funding.
Does accommodating people who believe that abortion is murder create in insuperable barrier to women getting an abortion? How many medical workers would this affect? The editorial does not say. How many hospitals would this effect? The editorial does not say. And note the scare quotes around the term "right of conscience."
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Let’s see how many ridiculous extremes can be applied to this line of “reasoning”:
“It is legal, therefore the government should make it mandatory.”
The Pilot is exhibiting Catholiphobia here...
I’ve heard the the New York Times and several of the other “dying dailies” newspapers are quietly lobbying for Federal bailout money, too! Let’em DIE. Technologically OBSOLETE....buggy-whips in a Space Shuttle era.
Liberalism is all about ridiculous extremes.
Solution to sexual assault: the right to keep and bear arms.
No one ever raped a .38
There are certain procedures and certain prescription drugs that licensed medical personnel with religious scruples do not wish to perform or dispense. In those cases people who do not have these scruples can do so.
The Pilot's editors want to force people to violate their conscience or lose their jobs.
There are certain procedures and certain prescription drugs that licensed medical personnel with religious scruples do not wish to perform or dispenseDo not licensed medical personnel actually have to train to perform abortions before they are legally allowed to do so?
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