Christian Scientists Would Not Allow A Heart Attack To Be Treated Under Conscience Protections.

[TheMastersNemesis]

Allowing religious beliefs to enter into the medical areas is dangerous. The new HHS initiative is absolutely insane. We have cases right now where some of the GOP nuts won't let a nonwhite doctor treat them or their family. Add religion and we will have doctors who won't treat LGBT's, atheists, nonreligiocist et al because of their conscience. Such practices could bleed into refusing treatment while a person is dying.

Women might not be able to get birth control, reproductive services or even basic health are in some communities. We are unleashing a chamber of horrors.

[greymattermom]

1. So what organization would hire someone who refuses to do their job?

All of this information will have to be included on job applications now. Good luck with that religious folks, but hospitals are businesses.

[WillowTree]

2. I don't understand your thread title about Christian Scientists. Can you explain?

[snooper2]

3. it is an oxymoron

[WillowTree]

4. Title just doesn't make sense is all.

[TheMastersNemesis]

5. Christian Scientists Supposedly Believe In Prayer Over Medical Treatment.

There are religious elements who believe that God or Jesus is the ultimate healer. That prayer is the response to many illnesses over medical intervention. Like Jehovah's Witnesses do NOT believe in blood transfusion even to save a life. Of course these cases are extreme cases.

The Catholic Church does not accept assisted suicide or death of terminally ill patients with their consent. And as we know the religious right does not believe in abortion even to save the mother and even if both die in the end. The Catholic Church holds the same view.

Some religious believe that child marriage is ok. Other religious practices allow genital mutilation as practice. And I could go on and on.

By saying that you can act or not act based on what you believe opens up all sorts of evils.

[WillowTree]

9. Your title still doesn't make any sense.

A Christian Scientist can now refuse medical treatment in favor of prayer and meditation for a heart attack or any other illness or injury and has always been able to do so. And, since they don't believe in medical treatment, they wouldn't be working in a hospital or other medical arena, so they would not be in a position to deny treatment to anyone else.

And, since you now bring it up, do you believe that a person.......any person.......should be forced to participate in assisted suicide? I don't. It's one thing to make the practice legal, quite another to require a person for any reason to take part in the intentional ending of the life of another, whether that person wishes to die or not.

[OriginalGeek]

6. I could easily see an abortion opponent

applying for a job at a place that provides abortions and then suing when they are not offered a job because they wouldn't want assist in an abortion. They'd do it just to clog up resources of the providers and consider it a win because every minute providers are fighting these loony fuckers is a minute that aren't "killin babies".

[TheMastersNemesis]

7. Yes Your Post Makes Sense Such Nonsense Could Happen.

[TheMastersNemesis]

8. What I Am Saying Is That If You Followed Beliefs Literally Such Action Would Be Demanded --

if you followed your conscience and your beliefs. As extreme as what I said sound you would have to go such extreme to satisfy that believe. It is oxymoronic in a sense.