Posted on 03/05/2015 5:39:14 AM PST by marshmallow
From midwifery to geriatrics, Catholics are being driven out of vast areas of the medical profession. We need to fight back now
Imagine you are a Catholic who has just finished general medical training and is now seeking experience in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology.
At the interview for a training post you are not asked “Are you a Catholic?” That would be discrimination on grounds of religion. Instead, you are asked: “Are there any procedures that you would not be able to do?” You answer: “Yes. Abortion.”
Shortly afterwards, you hear you haven’t been chosen for the position. The letter doesn’t mention your conscientious objection to abortion. That is the reason for your rejection, but the letter covers that up by saying the job was given to a “better” candidate. This actually means “more suitable”, as the candidate will be willing to perform the abortions that the post demands. You will now have to change specialties.
Evidence is naturally anecdotal, but my research suggests that virtually all Catholic obstetricians and gynaecologists in Britain have trained abroad and it is virtually impossible not only for Catholics but also for others with strong religious convictions to train here in these areas.
The problem is not limited to obstetrics and gynaecology. In midwifery, pharmacy and geriatrics there are pressures from our increasingly secular society making it virtually impossible for Catholics and other religious believers to work in them. The Catholic community is largely unaware of this. It needs to wake up to the problem.
A Catholic doctor friend was asked to give a talk entitled “Is it possible to be a Catholic doctor in the NHS?” The answer was “with difficulty”. And that applies not only to doctors, but also to other health care professionals such as nurses, midwives and pharmacists.
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This story, the first major Christian sci-fi since the CS Lewis science fiction trilogy, portrays a world nearly 200 years in the future in which the 1-Child Policy is rigorously enforced world-wide and religion is absolutely forbidden.
Science-fiction is the mythology of the present, not a mythology of fables, but a way of apprehending the panorama of current events.
This is about the now.
This story, the first major Christian sci-fi since the CS Lewis science fiction trilogy, portrays a world nearly 200 years in the future in which the 1-Child Policy is rigorously enforced world-wide and religion is absolutely forbidden.
Science-fiction is the mythology of the present, not a mythology of fables, but a way of apprehending the panorama of current events.
This is about the now.
/sarc . . . for those who need it
able to do indicates ability to do so....yes I am able to do anything....just don't tell them what you are not willing to do
Willing and able are two different things..
When someone wants you to actually perform an abortion just find some way to slide it off onto someone else and the true nature of Christ which is, "don't shoot me, I'm just the piano player", will shine through you to the world as your testimony.
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