Quote Originally Posted by Atmosfear View Post
These are elective procedures.

You're substituting your morality for the doctor's; you're trying to compel him to do something he doesn't want to do or believe is right. There are other doctors who would be more than happy to make a few bucks to perform the elective procedure; if I don't agree with it, let the patient find one of them.

Abortions are rarely more elective than boob jobs. The obvious exception here is rape/incest, in which case the law needs to protect victims first. Unfortunately, the majority of abortions aren't intended to protect a victim as much as they are intended to protect an irresponsible behavior.

This situation is not in any way different than a group of Christian conservatives trying to pass into law their code of morality. All you've done is spun it under the guise of progressiveness and undermined the doctor's rights to be benefit of no one.
If the doctor does not want to perform legal procedures in his field, then he should not be practicing medicine. My general practitioner is not a surgeon or able to perform abortions. If you are against abortion, then do not practice medicine in a situation where you would be asked to perform an abortion, or to recommend a doctor or place to go that would if you are not qualified to do it yourself. There are distinct specialties in the medical field, not everyone can perform open heart surgery. If you do not believe god would want you to join sperm & egg in a lab and put them in a woman, then by all means do not practice medicine. Doctors have no right to subject there restrictive religious code on patients. You took an oath and got a license to practice medicine. That's what practicing medicine is, not "pick and choose".

If you are an electrician, you can't pick and choose which codes to meet or not. If your work does not meet the code, then you will no longer be a certified electrician. You can't do things "your way" just because you want to in these types of fields like law and medicine. If your personal beliefs get in the way, then you are in the wrong field... you need to fit the industry, the industry should not mangle itself to meet your beliefs. Do you think meat packing plants would change their operations if a few vegetarians joined the staff? No, of course not... if the vegetarian does not like what comes with that position, then leave.