Isn’t this discussion about the healthcare bill funding abortion misguided? And for that matter, isn’t the whole abortion rights / anti-abortion argument misguided? Are there really that many people who think they should tell gynecologists how best to treat their patients’ complicated illnesses? Are there really that many people willing to allow our society to use abortion as a form of birth control? And aren’t abortion clinics exploiting women – physically and psychologically? And who the hell becomes and abortionist?
That’s where I think the logical split is: treatment and elective. Women can become pregnant. Women can also become ill. The human body is complicated. The human reproductive system is complicated. Sometime, for complicated reasons it takes years of study to understand, a woman’s life or health will required the abortion of a fetus to preserve.
In such a case her doctor performs the abortion or at least refers her to a trusted doctor to do it. If she has complications she returns to either doctor, she goes back to the office. If she has emergency complications and ends up in the emergency room her doctor gets a call, or whoever is on call is called. Either way the doctor is treating the patient – start to finish.
An abortion clinic is different. If you have complications after a common elective abortion you’ll likely end up in the
emergency room and who knows if they’ll be able to get a hold of who actually did the abortion to get a proper history. Regardless, the abortionist isn’t treating a patient. An abortionist is just performing a service, like a piercing or tattoo. When he screws up, it’s someone else’s problem to fix. And besides that, who becomes an abortionist? Seriously. From what I hear most are vaguely qualified physicians who can’t find real employment.
What do you think Dr. Dove? I’m I just delusional again or am I onto something here?
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