Doctors as Judge Refusing Treatment to Women?!

Doctors as Judge Refusing Treatment to Women?

I just saw an article on MSNBC about a woman who was raped, went to an emergency room, and when she asked for the morning after pill was denied by the doctor on the grounds that it was against his religion. I think everyone, doctors included, should have the right of their moral convictions, that is not a problem for me. My problem is that a woman or man, anyone for that fact, should know up front what they are dealing with when going for treatment of any kind. If a doctor is morally against abortion or just the morning after pill the patient should
be allowed the option of choosing a different doctor.
My question is this, do you think that doctors and other health care professionals should have a disclosure for patients prior to being treated stating what treatments they are morally against. I personally would not want to pay the high prices of a doctors visit just to be told the type of treatment I want is one he or she would not perform, be it anything.

4 weeks ago
Please, no for or against abortion issues here, just the question of disclosure is what I want to know.

I agree with you.

I believe that patients should have access to any legal procedure or drug, especially in an Emergency Department environment. When it's not a critical emergency, there may be time to have a discussion with the physician and choose another one.

Rather than the disclosure that you seek, I would rather seek legislative requirements of Emergency Dept. physicians to consider ALL legal treatments. If the ER Doc thinks he or she has a problem with some of those treatments, the onus should be on him/her to recuse him/herself and find a replacement pronto.

For the record, I am anti-abortion and pro-choice. And I choose to keep that a very private matter and not try to convince or convert anyone from their point of view to mine...and I expect the same courtesy from everyone else.