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In reply to the discussion: I opened the bathroom door and found my roommate's girlfriend in a pool of blood [View all]calimary
(81,507 posts)He was an MD, an internal medicine specialist. He once recounted a shattering moment while he was out driving. He noticed a girl slumped in the gutter, alone and bleeding. He pulled over to see if he could help and saw she wasnt merely bleeding. She was hemorrhaging. From a botched back-alley abortion. And shed collapsed right there on the sidewalk. He evidently realized she needed more help than he could give, right there, so he gathered her into the back of his car and drove her to the hospital - which ended up saving her life.
He said that changed his mind about opposing abortion. He still didnt approve but he recognized that, whatever ones opinion about it might be, it was an inevitable fact of life, and that it needed to be safe and legal.
I always admired him for that. If anybody here remembers the old Marcus Welby TV drama series, he reminded me of the title character. Kindly old doctor. Quiet and wise. Compassionate. Worthy of the greatest respect. Still miss him.