Step-by-step they have a million ways to turn the screws. That's why we NEED explicit protections for conscience. It needs to be ILLEGAL TO DISCRIMINATE against health workers who won't cooperate with abortion - euthanasia -infanticide - suicicde - the many manifestations of the Death Project.
But isn't it? At the very least, if not illegal, unconstitutional? If a person refuses to cooperate, be it actual performance or assisting the physician or being the post-op nurse, what-have-you, in those practices which violate his conscience or his religious belief, to deny him his living, all those categories you've listed, seems to me to violate his First Amendment rights. I applaud Dr. Coburn for making this stand, public statement and would tend to believe he would be the first doctor to take his case, should it necessitate, all the way to the Supreme Court. This is OUTRAGEOUS (and sadly, no surprise, considering what we all knew would be the fall-out of an 0bama election).
You are correct about the law and the Constitution. What you’re saying is sane and sensible. Unfortunately, you will not be making these decisions.