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[–] 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If a doctor refuses to perform a medically necessary procedure because of his/her religion, as far as om concerned that should invalidate their medical license immediately.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    The is a medical as is already you want to cut the amount of practicing nurses and doctors to fit your agenda. It's a two way street. I don't think a doctor should be forced to circumcise someone either just because it's a religious ritual

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  • [+] -7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Right, because you would want to be the patient to undergo a procedure by a doctor that never performs that procedure?

    No sane country does this.

    Maybe go live in a dictatorship if you like to force people to cut into other people's bodies.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    ?

    I'm thinking that you missed the point here.

    Point being that if you're a doctor you cannot cherrypick what procedures you'd like to do based off your religious preferences. Science isn't pick and choose, you take it all or nothing

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    You don't understand how medicine works.

    A doctor can't just decide to start doing a new medical procedure. They need to learn and practice. It takes a significant investment. And to be good at a procedure requires doing it often.

    Even my dentist referred me to another dentist for a relatively simple procedure, because the other dentist is better at it and does it more often.

    For a doctor that is not experienced in performing abortions, doing an abortion would be medical malpractice. If anything goes wrong, and the chance is higher due to lack of experience, they will be sued and they will lose the tort case.

    So doctors have to choose what procedures they specialize in. And obviously, nobody who is morally opposed to performing abortions will choose to specialize in performing abortions.

    It is a conscious choice and long term commitment to be an abortion providing doctor.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I very much understand that, but it is not what I meant.

    Let's out a hypothetical example, just to make the point. Let's say that a white doctor refuses to treat a Muslim patient because of his religion. Or let's say that a Muslim doctor refuses to treat a women, even though he could because his religion doesn't allow him to do that.

    That lady one sort of happened a long time ago in my town

    My point is not that a doctor must perform all procedures whether they can or not, my point is that they must perform all procedures to help a patient, irrespective of what they think or fell about that patient.

    A nice opposite of my example, and how it should be is that rather famous picture of a black doctor saving the live of a KKK asshole. That is how it's supposed to be. You are a doctor, you do what you can and you don't opt out ONLY because you don't like something about the patient or procedure they need

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Yeah, but think your examples through.

    Refusing to treat because of a religion is illegal and there is no way for a doctor to justify it.

    But being a doctor that only treats men or only treats women is not illegal, and many exist.

    My barber only services men.

    If he came out and said that he doesn't cut women because they are inferior or whatever, he would quickly be fined or jailed.

    But because he says he specializes in men's hair, it's fine.

    And maybe he secretly is a misogynist, but there is no way to know.

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