Doctors can't use bias to deny gays treatment

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"California doctors who have religious objections to gays and lesbians must nevertheless treat them the same as any other patient or find a colleague in the office who will do so, the state Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday."


Isn't this what the Hippocratic Oath is for in the first place?
  • added August 19, 2008
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12 responses // Doctors can't use bias to deny gays treatment

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    Good. Sexual orientation is not a means to discriminate against someone.

    Besides, not treating someone because they're gay... doesn't that allude that the doctor, in some sense, doesn't want that person alive?

    mariamsultana
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    whoever brought this case in should lose their lisence for not following their oath

    SilenceNoMore
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    I thought this went without saying.

    Jenkins
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    By the way, since that picture is used, Ellen and her girlfriend got married recently...LEGALLY married. Good for them.

    Doctors who discriminate against gays should be fired, period.

    FallenMorgan
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    Discriminating against gays and lesbians is no different than discriminating against people because of their race or religious background. It is just wrong.

    JanaPokana
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    Which is why they should be allowed to legally married in every state.

    Jenkins
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    I surely wouldn't want someone who didn't like me to be my doctor, oath or not.

    J_Jammer
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    but according to Obama, doctors can deny babies who survive botched abortion attempts!

    montesooma
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    Doctors should do what they are asked to do by the oath they took. Otherwise, have their license revoked. This is about helping people, not picking and choosing whom you want to help.

    anglcazn

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