[Vision2020] Obama to Rescind Conscience Rule

[Joe Campbell]

Finally a sensible solution!

Joe Campbell

On Mar 4, 2009, at 7:16 PM, Paul Rumelhart <godshatter at yahoo.com> wrote:

> g. crabtree wrote:
>> "I can certainly see situations (as Saundra Lund notes) where medical
>> providers, citing their religious beliefs, refuse to provide prenatal
>> care to various clients, refuse to give ED medication, refuse to do
>> reconstructive surgery."
>>
>> I'm thinking that you imagine the situations more vividly then you
>> might see them. Let's leave the religious aspect of this discussion
>> aside for a moment. While I find it more then a little hard to  
>> believe
>> that any other then the tiniest fraction of medical providers would
>> withhold the services you list, I still would have to ask, so
>> what? Get a different provider. As I have argued in the past, all
>> purveyors of goods and/or services, whether they be landlords,
>> physicians, pharmacists, bankers, grocers, mechanics, or anyone
>> else should be free to decide who they want to work for and sell to
>> based on whatever whim strikes their fancy.
>>
>> You're apparently in favor of the right to be irresponsible. You're  
>> in
>> favor of the right to not deal with the consequences of irresponsible
>> behavior. Above all else you're in favor of the right to choose. What
>> about my and others rights? Why does the right to choose supersede
>> everyone else's right to view innocent life as something special and
>> worthy of protection? What is it about your rights that are so  
>> special
>> that I have to be forced to join with you in exercising them against
>> my will?
>>
>> g
>
> Don't physicians already have the right to quit their jobs and go work
> elsewhere if they feel they are being forced to do something that goes
> against their conscience?  Why do we need legislation to allow  
> employees
> not to perform their work duties?  I don't particularly like the  
> idea of
> dialing 911 again and again until I get someone who is not a Jehovah's
> Witness and is willing to give me a blood transfusion when I really  
> need
> it for example.
>
> This is similar to the Muslim guy in the news a while back that  
> refused
> to sell alcoholic beverages at a convenience store.  He's unsuited for
> the job he's in.  He should be fired and replaced with someone who is
> willing to sell alcohol to adults.
>
> If you're in a job that might force you to do things you find
> objectionable - find another job.
>
> Paul
>
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