Medical decisions should be made by persons with professional competence, in conjunction with the patient. Legislators and judges are not qualified to do this. Certain women will suffer and die because of the arrogance of anti abortion fanatics.
Medical decisions should be made by persons with professional competence, in conjunction with the patient. Legislators and judges are not qualified to do this. Certain women will suffer and die because of the arrogance of anti abortion fanatics.
Still wondering why government has any input into healthcare decisions at all? These are private matters between patient and physician.
See this as a slippery slope. Could Medicare/ Medicaid funded ICU care someday be withheld from the elderly? Dialysis care withheld from those who failed to manage their high blood pressure or diabetes? Emergency Department care be withheld from drunk drivers who have a car wreck?
Kathryn and Cheryl--- I agree with both of you and add that to me it seems like legislators are practicing medicine without a medical degree or license. If you or I (a retired teacher) were to prescribe anything we could be held accountable for that. I am hoping ACLU or some other organization will test these hurtful laws in court on that basis.
I'm a retired nurse and couldn't administer so much as an aspirin without a doctor's order. Yet, legislators can can make a drug approved by the FDA and in clinical use for decades illegal? Criminal penalties for docs who prescribe???
Their claims that it's dangerous are specious. A man taking Viagra is 6x more likely to die than a woman taking the abortion pill. The death rate for both these meds is negligible.
Medical decisions should be made by persons with professional competence, in conjunction with the patient. Legislators and judges are not qualified to do this. Certain women will suffer and die because of the arrogance of anti abortion fanatics.
Still wondering why government has any input into healthcare decisions at all? These are private matters between patient and physician.
See this as a slippery slope. Could Medicare/ Medicaid funded ICU care someday be withheld from the elderly? Dialysis care withheld from those who failed to manage their high blood pressure or diabetes? Emergency Department care be withheld from drunk drivers who have a car wreck?
Legislators need to stay in their own lane.
Kathryn and Cheryl--- I agree with both of you and add that to me it seems like legislators are practicing medicine without a medical degree or license. If you or I (a retired teacher) were to prescribe anything we could be held accountable for that. I am hoping ACLU or some other organization will test these hurtful laws in court on that basis.
I'm a retired nurse and couldn't administer so much as an aspirin without a doctor's order. Yet, legislators can can make a drug approved by the FDA and in clinical use for decades illegal? Criminal penalties for docs who prescribe???
Their claims that it's dangerous are specious. A man taking Viagra is 6x more likely to die than a woman taking the abortion pill. The death rate for both these meds is negligible.
But sadly it is not about logic since the crazies have been on the rise.