Surveys of Doctors Finds Half Oppose Abortion, Others Won't Refer

Life News ^ | 2/8/07 | Steven Ertelt

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"I was always taught I have two patients: the mother and the baby," he said. "Why would I want to send somebody out to hurt their baby?"

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[Gay State Conservative]

I'm pleasantly surprised by this.I would have bet that a far smaller percentage would have opposed abortion.

[metmom]

The survey also found that 42 percent of physicians opposed prescribing birth control to a minor without parental approval.

Sad that it's not more.

That raises an interesting question... Can doctor write prescriptions to minor and pharmacies fill them without parental permission? Or does that only to harmless body altering drugs like the pill?

[madison10]

Female doctors were more likely to refer women to abortion practitioners than male physicians the study showed.

Women LIKE killing babies?

[California Patriot]

My guess is that female doctors are far from typical of women as a whole. I'd bet anything they're more liberal.

[California Patriot]

This is encouraging news. A bit surprising.

[trimom]

That bothers me terribly, that women are more likely to recommend abortion than men. Abortion isn't medical care, it's a failure of service to both patients.

Feminists for Life have the right idea on this issue.

[brannon]

the American academy of pediatrics has a position statement that all pediatricians should tell teen girls that abortion is an option or refer them to a pediatrician that will. which is why i refuse to join. most pediatricians don't know this.

[victim soul]

god bless you, Doctor: "I was always taught I have two patients: the mother and the baby," he said. "Why would I want to send somebody out to hurt their baby?"

My second grandson was born three weeks ago today!

Children are most definitely God's gifts to us.

[Kitten Festival]

Every doctor I know says that when you study unborn babies in medical school, you can't but come up with the full understanding that what's blandly called a fetus on the outside "is life." I've known med students who've actually been drawn to Christianity from secularism as a result of their medical study and the value they place on life from it.

[Right Wing Assault]

How dare they! Lock those doctors up!

There, I've just installed myself as spokesman for the Dems.

[Right Wing Assault]

Women LIKE killing babies?

Just one of the duties of a 'modern' woman! It's not just for male doctors any longer.

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[hocndoc]

Actually, the survey asked whether the docs objected to giving birth control "if the parents do not approve."

Amazingly, only 42 percent object! And some of these would still tell the girl where she could find a doctor to prescribe them. (I would explain, weedle and nag until the girl and the parents agreed or one of us is grounded.)

[Alamo-Girl]

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[Liz]

Nice thread. Thanks for posting it.

A NYT feature awhile back (about doctors' reticence to do abortions) reported that one doctor quipped to another doctor who was performing abortions, "Still killing babies, eh?"

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[Nevernow]

I live in Maryland. If I didn't already have a pro-life gyn, I'd probably switch to him. I don't want a doctor that would treat me as anything less than two patients while I was pregnant, and I don't think a pro-choice doctor can possibly do that. This is exactly the attitude all OBGYNs need to have.

I'm surprised that more doctors surveyed weren't against abortion, actually. The first few biology-oriented classes I took got me to believe a fetus is more than a lump of tissue, the ones that came after it just reaffirmed it.

I'm also glad they mentioned he's from Maryland...now people won't say, "Oh it's just doctors in the southwest saying that!" An A from NARAL isn't so liberal.