Re: May a gynecologist refuse to perform a voluntary termination of pregnancy
From: Andrew Folley (agfolley@hotmail.com)
Wed Jun 27 12:36:46 2007
What is your question?
>From: evsono@pipeline.com (art fougner, md)
>Reply-To: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net
>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L <ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net>
>Subject: Re: May a gynecologist refuse to perform a voluntary termination
>of pregnancy
>Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:27:55 -0500
>
>What about medical personnel's participating in executions?
>
>Art
>
>At Wed, 27 Jun 2007, Ronald Ainsworth wrote:
> >
> >I do not perform abortions. If a patient requests
> >information on where to go, I refer them to Planned
> >Parenthood. No physician should be required to
> >perform abortions as a requirement for employment,
> >unless it is a procedure he chooses to do.
> >
> >--- "Dr. Bülent Potur" <bpotur@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >> In Turkey abortion on request is legal till the 10th
> >> week of pregnancy since 1983. In the Turkish
> >> gynecologists' list (
> >> http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/kadindogum/ )
> >> there is a debate for more than a month. Can a
> >> gynecologist working only for the state, a civil
> >> servant gynecologist, refuse to perform a voluntary
> >> termination of pregnancy?
> >> Pro abortionists say that a civil servant may not
> >> refuse to perform a voluntary termination. He or she
> >> is obliged to do them if he or she is to continue to
> >> work as civil servant. There is no place for
> >> conscientious objection of abortion for the state
> >> employees.
> >> I would like to learn the present situation in the
> >> countries of list mates, and their personal views
> >> and
> >> experiences.
> >> Regards,
> >> Bulent Potur MD Obgyn
> >>
> >> Istenmeyen postadan biktiniz mi? Istenmeyen postadan
> >> en iyi korunma
> >> Yahoo! Posta'da
> >>
>
>--
>art fougner, md
>"May The Wings of Liberty Never Lose a Feather." - Jack Burton
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