Posted on 04/29/2017 11:36:37 AM PDT by John Semmens
Last year, Mercy San Juan Medical Center in Carmichael, California refused to remove the uterus of Evan Michael Minton. Minton is in the process of transitioning from female to a simulated male body. This Catholic hospital declined to remove a healthy uterus and referred Minton to a nearby nonreligious hospital within the same Dignity Health network.
American Civil Liberties Union spokesman Bertram Petty claimed that “the hospital violated Mr. Minton’s right to have whatever surgery he wants at whatever facility he chooses. The hospital’s assertion that the surgery goes against its sincerely held religious beliefs is irrelevant. Under Obamacare, the option belongs solely to the patient. No person, organization, or institution has the right to resist the laws enacted by civil authorities. If we were to fail to punish this hospital it would set a dangerous precedent of allowing so-called religious freedom to undermine civil authority.”
Minton said “the horror of being handed off to another hospital was excruciating and humiliating. For an American citizen to be told that he must choose from dozens of conveniently located alternative institutions that had no moral objections to performing this elective procedure is the kind of oppression we should never have to fear in this country.”
“It’s one thing for people to be permitted to worship as they please,” Petty added. “However, we must draw a bold line clarifying that religious beliefs can never interfere with how government conducts policy. If we were to let individuals to decline to engage in actions that their beliefs characterize as abhorrent we would be giving churches a veto over public policy. The ACLU vehemently opposes the notion that our Constitution grants religion any right to project its dogma outside the church walls. Besides, doesn’t the Catholic Church offer absolution to sinners if they confess? Why can’t the hospital simply make use of this ‘free pass’ instead of mucking up the clear directives of government regulations?”
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https://azconservative.org/2017/04/29/aclu-wants-to-force-hospitals-to-perform-sex-change-surgery/
These transgender people are just looking for big paydays. First it was wedding cakes, now it’s surgical procedures. I have no sympathy for this mentally challenged human being...not getting specific on it’s gender.
Why should nature get to dictate your gender? Why indeed should mere personal preference get to dictate it? I would propose it be designated by lottery, with surgeries performed early prior to starting kindergarten. Numbers could be adjusted to respond to societal needs.
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It may be satire today, but news tomorrow.
Sounds like Evan Michael Minton needs a Mr potato kit util she decides what she wants to be.
People who want a sex change need brain surgery first.
If it were not, I would recommend that the hospital declare that they have no one on their staff qualified to perform the surgery and that if the patient wants to proceed he must sign a release of liability for anything that might go wrong - even death.
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