To: shhrubbery!
Many medical schools still administer the oath. In some of them, the medical students who refuse to perform an abortion are harrassed about it, in some they fail the school right there, and in some they have no problem at all. Abortion is sometimes medically necessary to save the woman's life, sometimes it merely cleans up what has already started, and it is often a tragedy. Some military doctors (I retired a few years ago from the Air Force) will happily perform an abortion, and some won't. Personal choice.
To: Old Student
Many medical schools still administer the oath. In some of them, the medical students who refuse to perform an abortion are harrassed about itSince taking the Hippocratic Oath entails vowing to give no woman an abortifacient, I would have to conclude that in such schools as you describe, the Oath no longer has any real meaning.
To: Old Student
If you miscarry, the doctor will often perform either a D&E "lite" in office, or a full D&E in the hospital. They are basically the same type procedure as an abortion (suction type). An OB/GYN should know how to perform those procedures obviously.
567 posted on
10/21/2003 8:03:56 PM PDT by
visualops
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