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Originally Posted by Trollheart
You said doctor. EVERY DOCTOR has to swear to, and abide by, the H.O. So maybe you're trying to backpedal or move the goalposts here, but it won't work. If you mean doctor, as you said, then there is no middle ground: it's black and white. If you're a doctor, you are bound to treat your patients under the oath which you freely (were not forced to) swore to. That simple, really.
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I'm not going to pretend to be an expert on the Hippocratic Oath or contracts into which doctors enter. If they CHOOSE to take an oath that forbids them from discriminating, then they should not be allowed to discriminate. Keep your word.
Should a doctor be REQUIRED to swear such an oath? I say NO.
What if a person breaks into your house, rapes your wife and murders your kids. The cops show up and shoot him. You are the surgeon on hand. Do you want to operate and try to save his life? Your oath says that you have to. But you might be re-thinking that oath in such a situation.