New rule on abortions proposed
Apparently the NYT couldn’t find a single person to contribute a quote on why employees should not be required to perform tasks that they find morally or ethically objectionable. NYT story on Abortion provider proposal. It's called editorializing the news.From WSJ health blog: “A rule under consideration by the Bush administration could broaden employment rules that now cover abortion to include emergency contraception. Under the proposed rule, employers that get federal funds would be required to guarantee that they won’t refuse to hire health-care workers who object to providing abortions.”
Hey folks, there are plenty of health care providers, doctors, nurses, and techs who have no qualms about abortion related deeds. But don’t discriminate in employment against those who do have a few scruples left about destroying human life. They are probably an underserved minority.
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The problem with this law is that it protects misconceptions. If a nurse or doctor thinks that the pill is an abortifacient, then he or she needs to be corrected, not hired.
Randy Cohen, the New York Times' ethics columnist, handled a conscience issue a few months ago. The reader was an HR pro for a hospital. One potential employee gave pause for political reasons. "Am I allowed to ask this person's views on abortion?" the reader asked.
Cohen advised the reader to say flat-out that the job in question required the employee to perform abortions and abortion referrals. The result? The prospective employee declined to take the job.
I am worried that the new "anti-discrimination" law might force hospitals and women's health clinics to hire people who will then refuse to do their duty.
I still wonder what happen to the morals in our Country. People get charged for murder if an unborn child is killed during a stabing or ect. But it is alright to abort a child. I do not understand this.
If I was a health care worker I would refuse to work for someone who proformed abortions.
Murray says: Jackie's viewpoint is interesting. I guess you can surmise that if a child is a "wanted child" it's considered murder if you kill it. However, if it's "unwanted" it's OK to kill it.
d: If the pill changes the course of existence (not implanted) of the fertilized egg, give the medical person some credit for knowing whether or not she violates her personal ethics by selling or administering it. In my mind, Plan B is immoral. Others don't see it this way.
If the job description requires assisting with abortions, the person should not apply; but if it is only occasionally required, surely someone else on staff can assist and person should not be refused employment. Like in the grocery store when under-age clerks can't sell alcohol or cigarettes so someone older steps in.
I am a nurse, I will never work for anyone that provides or suggests abortion. I guess planned parenthood will never hire me. I'll get over it.
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