Pro-life health professionals in conflict between conscience and career

Published: Saturday, March 17 2012 12:10 p.m. MDT

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Many pro-life physicians, nurses and now even pharmacists feel they are being asked to choose between conscience and career. Pro-choice advocates, meanwhile, believe that refusal to serve, inform or refer patients stigmatizes them, undermines care and dangerously isolates providers. In recent months, conflict has escalated in hospitals, medical schools and professional organizations.

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USAlover

Salt Lake City, UT

@UtahBlueDevil

"We aren't forced into a cast system. We have choices. Every choice has a benefit and a cost. If the type of medicine you are working in causes issues, move on to something else. No one can make you do a job you don't More..

1:36 p.m. March 17, 2012
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sportsfan21

OREM, UT

isrred,

The difference is that both the police officer and the county clerk swore to uphold the law. Medical professionals swear an oath that their only cause is to save lives and not harm them. Most doctors and nurses don't object to More..

1:36 p.m. March 17, 2012
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teleste

Provo, UT

isrred:

Police officers are sworn in to uphold the law...even if they disagree with it. That is very different from a nurse who was on the books as being opposed to abortion. Beyond that, what might be her responsibility as a healthcare More..

1:31 p.m. March 17, 2012
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Eric Schulzke writes on national politics and policy for the Deseret News and directs The Apollo 13 Project, a prisoner reentry awareness initiative at Utah Valley University. He earned his Ph.D. in Political Science at more ..

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