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To: wagglebee; All

‘This is about whether or not a hospital to decide that further treatment is “futile” and to refuse to treat the patient, regardless of the wishes of the patient, their family or their ability to pay for treatment.’

Physicians should not be required to perform abortions, nor any other procedure. Similarly for hospitals or other care providers.

If the patient and their family disagree with their current providers prognosis, the appropriate remedy is to find new providers who agree with their views or, absent that, provide the treatment themselves.


7 posted on 08/08/2007 5:17:54 PM PDT by Blue_Ridge_Mtn_Geek
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To: Blue_Ridge_Mtn_Geek

So now you are equating life-saving procedures with abortion? Most states allow doctors to refuse to perform abortion, sterilization and a few other procedures on moral or religious grounds. However, the hallmark of medicine, going back to Hippocrates, is that doctors do not refuse to give life-saving care.


8 posted on 08/08/2007 5:22:10 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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