It would be easier to work it out for things that are scheduled in advance, like surgery. And I’m assuming your father didn’t have to make lethal injections every day. But the issue becomes complicated with things like birth control. If an OB doctor refuses to prescribe birth control to their patients, or if a…

Because, despite the Islamophobic rhetoric about how we are on the verge of having Sharia law take over our country, the only religious people who feel the need to impose their religious beliefs on others in this country are Christian.

So wait, does this mean that a Muslim doctor could avoid treating Christian men who eat too much pork and have high blood pressure because of it? Because if so, Donald is fuuuuucked.

My father (a pharmacist) refused to prepare lethal injections as head of pharmacy for the DoC on religious grounds.

Yes, but your friend is also not operating under the delusion that any part of her world that doesn’t conform to her worldviews is oppressing her and needs to be changed, like say, the type of Christians who would deny care to a gay/transgendered person (which, fine, Christian nurse, you don’t wanna provide care for…

These “religious” / “moral” dissenters better hope this HHS panel grants them ironclad protections. I foresee the AMA and the ANA go after any doctors or nurses who do this, making them an example. Malpractice insurance providers aren’t going to side with anybody who does this, insurance companies are practical and…

Exactly this. I’m sorry, but if you don’t want to assist in abortions? Don’t work at the surgical clinic of Planned Parenthood. There are so many choices in nursing. Don’t wanna deal with vajayjays full stop? Don’t work OB. Some things are unavoidable, like mental health and substance abuse. You gonna see that no…

Goddamnit. I know a nurse who is REFUSING to abide by our hospital’s transgendered policy. Like obtusively. I was going to keep reporting her for every incident, but now? She’ll probably get to report ME for oppressing her or some shit.

Also stuff you wouldn’t see:

“Wouldn’t have this problem if religions went away.”

maybe but that’s never going to happen, some people will always look for something bigger than themselves for awesers to things they don’t understand.

I mean tricking yourself into thinking there is an all-powerful imaginary friend who’s always on your side must be…

I’m not religious in the slightest. However, if we get this entire Second Coming scenario. Maaan, Jesus would be pissed. Someone really missed the boat on the “Love one another” statement.

Yeah, but what if you’re 14-years-old and living in a rural area with few doctors and you mention to yours that you want to start looking into the process of gender reassignment. If the doctor is professional and unbiased, you’d get the information you needed and referrals, etc. But if they were allowed to refuse to…

“for too long, too many of these health-care practitioners have been bullied and discriminated against.”

My thoughts exactly! If a health care provider doesn’t feel like providing someone with healthcare, they need a career change!

Agreed, this is terrible, and we don’t need anything else to make it harder for women to get an abortion or trans people to get healthcare. But, um, I don’t get the “doctors withholding gender reassignment surgery” part. It’s not like you get gender reassignment surgery from your primary care physician. And nobody…

So if this passes, and say Trump’s rotting heart needs immediate, life-savingsurgery, can a cardiologist refuse to treat them if they claim their religion forbade them from associating with racists or molestors?

I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this covenant:

I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk, and gladly share such knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow.

I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures [that] are required, avoiding…

People would go ape shit. The thing that’s ironic is that people like pence want sharia law, they just want it without the brown people and called something else.

This is bigot pandering that won’t survive a court challenge. Unfortunately people will be hurt by this. It is disgusting. When you are a pharmacist, your job is to verify and dispense the meds ordered for safe, effective care... not to insert your religious beliefs on the woman receiving plan b. If you don’t like…

I guess empirically religion has some merit but holy bleeding fuck I’m utterly bereft of anything not utterly horrible that’s been done in its name in recent memory. Local pancake breakfasts I guess?