Anybody watch ER tonight on NBC, Catholic Physician Informs 15yr. Old on Abortion against Parents'

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[Coleus]

Just saw tonight's episode where you had Dr. Kovac, the Catholic from Serbia who lost his wife and 2 children in the Kosovo war, and his babe, another doctor Abby Lockhart, both have been living together, she became pregnant and he told her that it's her body and that it's up to her as to whether or not to have an abortion.  There goes the Rights of the baby to be born and fathers' rights.    At the end of the show Abby decided to keep the baby, her choice not his.

 

Then in the ER, a 15-year-old girl came in.  Turns out she was raped after ingesting a date-rape drug. The parents, who happen to be Christians, find out and want her to keep the baby. 

 

Neela, a Hindu, is the resident physician who initially treated the girl.  She had a discussion with Dr. Kovac regarding his Catholicism which she feels is blocking his judgment of being a doctor.  Kovach told her that his patients and profession comes before his religion.

 

The girl doesn't want the baby and the good Catholic Doctor advises her, while her parents are out of the room,  of a procedure, a sneaky procedure, where he inserts a laminaria , a device that dilates the cervical os and will enable the baby to make its way out so she can lie and deceive her parents since it will look like a miscarriage.

 

While explaining the procedure to the girl he states that she may experience some minor cramping.  Nothing was said about the side effects, such as:  depression, excessive bleeding, or a possibility of having breast cancer 10 yrs. down the road.   There was no talk about having the baby and putting it up for adoption.

 

 

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[Irish_Thatcherite]

It seems the doctor breaks the Ten Commandments AND the Hippocratic Oath in one go!!!

As many doctors do in real life.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

I saved that cartoon on my computer, LOL!!

[caisson71]

I saw that program last night. They had that butchy female doctor talking about her kid and how much he looked like her g-friend, yuck!! They had the "mother -doctor" who decided to keep her baby and the tenager being advised to abort by the "catholic" doctor. This is what the world outside the US sees as being American and we wonder why some hate us? Ignorant Muslims see this and they are told that THIS is America. How else do they "know" us except by what they see from Follywood?

[confederate_infidel]

LOST is a cool show, too.

[confederate_infidel]

I believe cas7boys was just speaking generally and not just about this specific example on ER.

[cas7boys]

i wasn't referring to the case of the teen when i asked that about the dad's choice. i was referring to luka who was not being given (nor appeared to be asking) for a voice in abby's decision. it is also a question i frequently ask about abortion in general - why aren't the dad's rights/desires considered?