Bravo, Mr. President.
Look, if you work for a Walgreen’s and somebody has a prescription for RU-486, it is one thing to waive over somebody else with no conscience to fill the prescription. That should be legal and any ramifications should be between the employer and employee. If, on the other hand, you work at the local hospital and you refuse to give mouth-to-mouth because the patient might be gay, that’s actionable because the patient could die without immediate care.
Pelosi wants to pretend all situations are like the second example when the majority are like the first one.
It’s unfortunate but, in today’s society, the “conscientious objector” is going to have to leave the profession or find a private practice with similar principles.
I think you explained it quite well.
I’ve worked in health care quite a long time. I’ve taken care of countless people whose lifestyles I don’t agree with. I’ve never even considered refusing to take care of someone because they are LGBTwhatever.
I believe what I do to be a calling. I’m not called to shout fire and brimstone at people, I’m called to show compassion and to do what needs to be done.
At the same time, I can’t and won’t do certain things.
Neither I nor anyone else should be forced nor coerced into violating our beliefs and consciences.
Implying that declining to participate in abortion means that I would refuse to attempt to resucitate a patient because of “sexual orientation” is absurd.