Medical procedures should be done with full knowledge. Doctors have training in that. Legislatures do not. There are entire ethics panels and guidelines by professional organizations to make sure that patients receive informed consent. This is not the appropriate venue for legislators. They were just being dicks.
On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 3:43 AM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: > > Two disclaimers that i beg you not to ignore when you start flipping out on > me: > > 1) I don't give a shit about abortion....i really don't. Keep it legal, > don't keep it legal....doesn't matter to me. > 2) i'm not naive enough to think that the legislators in this case give two > shits about patient's knowledge of procedures...they just want to guilt them > out of abortions. I know that. > > But an abortion IS a medical procedure. Any and all patients should know > EXACTLY what is about to happen during ANY operation. I know that I demanded > this before all of my operations. > > Do I think it's necessary to point out organs or any of that crap, NO...but > a detailed description of what the doctor is about to do....can only be a > GOOD thing. As a patient choosing an elective surgery, you should have ALL > the facts....including what is about to get removed, and how. > > On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 11:04 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> This post is about abortion. This will be unlikely to change anyones >> mind one way or another and there isn't much in the way of discussion >> to be had at this point. But sometimes it is important to go on >> record, stating your desire to kick every one of the legislators who >> voted for these bills in the nads. >> >> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/28/us/28abortion.html?hp >> >> I would like to go on record. >> >> That is all. >> >> Judah >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:316873 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
