NSW hospital execs could be barred from blocking abortions on religious grounds
www.abc.net.au
Hospital managers and executives in NSW will be barred from blocking abortions because of moral and religious views, according to a document obtained by the ABC.
  • KaChilde@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    8·
    5 days ago

    When my wife and I were planning a family, we were sent to a fertility specialist at a hospital named after some saint or another. We asked all the questions we could and got lots of good advice. Then we innocently asked: what if the pregnancy is not viable? If there is a risk to my wife’s life, or we become aware that the baby would be born with a life-limiting issue?

    The doctor got all clammed up and said we would have to seek advice from another hospital if that wound up being the case.

    If my wife were at risk of death, or if our child would be born with their organs on the outside and half a brain with a life expectancy of a week, these self-righteous assholes would tell us to go elsewhere.

    We did not return to that specialist. For all their preaching, they do not care about the lives of their patients and it shocks me that they can just decide that you don’t get to have healthcare because they think it’s a sin.

  • SereneSadie@quokk.auEnglish
    19·
    6 days ago

    Well, at least it isn’t total insanity here right now.

    Doctors who refused to perform life saving surgery need to be kicked to the curb.

    • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.auEnglish
      54·
      6 days ago

      While I agree with the point you’re making, abortions are very rarely “life saving surgery”.

      100% pro abortion here (to a limit of course) before people go off, let’s just not distort the truth as all it does is hurt our point.

      • justincider@aussie.zoneEnglish
        1·
        5 days ago

        I get what you’re saying.

        To my mind, life saving is an emergancy situation which implies immediate action to keep someone alive.

        This is definitely a surgery that impacts peoples lives, and one that has a time frame, but If can’t get an abortion at one clinic it’s unlikely you will just… die… before you organise an appointment somewhere else.

        You can’t compare an abortion to… say a premature birth. They are opposite ends of the spectrum. Both are important things that people need access to, but both aren’t life saving.

        It sucks, it’s backward saying you won’t do it, but it’s quite literally the opposite of life saving.