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Going out on a limb

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For obvious reasons I have been pondering the subject of abortion lately.

Of course the airwaves have been full lately of various factions screaming about the “right to life” and “protecting the unborn”.  People are shouting about new legislation and whether the constitution should be amended yet again.

I have come to two conclusions which would solve the whole issue.

The first is my long held belief that the mother should have the ultimate right to chose.

I know there are the craw-thumpers who go on about the rights of the “unborn” but I just ignore them.  If a foetus is not viable then it is taking its “life” from the mother – it is not alive in itself, any more than my arms or legs are alive.  And if I make the decision to have an arm or leg removed, not only is that my decision but I have to live with the consequences.  And not even the most righteous would dare say I had “murdered” my limb?  I also find it wryly amusing that these “right to lifers” are never around to support the mother of an unwanted child.  They have done their moralistic thing and the mother can live with the consequences.

The second conclusion comes out of listening to debates between on the one hand the “right to life” shower and their screaming about the inalienable right of a foetus to life, and the other which is the quandary that the situation has loaded on the medical profession.  One says the law must be clarified so that surgeons and medical staff know where they stand in all situations and the other says that the law cannot cover every situation because each case is different.

The  answer is blindingly simple.

Take the law out of the operating theatre.

Scrap all the laws which purport to dictate to the medical profession how to do their job. Laws and medicine do not mix.  In law, every situation must be catered for yet in medicine no two situations are ever the same.  Black and white meets perpetually grey.  There are sufficient laws in place to try to prevent medical malpractice so lets leave it at that.  If I am on the operating table bleeding to death, I don’t want my surgeon to be huddled in a corner consulting with his lawyer.

Let’s just scrap the laws and let common sense and reasoned decisions rule the day.

 

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Going out on a limb — 20 Comments

  1. Totally agree GD. Why we have to have Nanny State Laws for every bloody thing I'll never understand. It seems another way for The Legals to make more money out of us all.

    I as a Male do not have the right to make a life changing decision that affects a Female's fertility, health or body. A womb is not Public Property either.

    Its a Woman's choice and only Fertile Women should be allowed to vote in a referendum on this issue.

     

    • I think the whole concept of introducing law into medicine is bad.  In fact I would maintain that society would be a lot better off if 99.99% of laws were scrapped altogether.

      • Yes threw me for a while but then I figured writing his not 'his thing'. I'll wager he is much happier talking than writing or typing even. Reading it through a second time made it much clearer.
        I'm penning a letter today to my local water extortionists today asking them if it is acceptable to pay their charges with promissory notes. Hopefully they will reply in the negative and then the fun begins.

         

        • I must admit I raised an eyebrow at the concept that promissory notes are not legal tender.  That is, after all what currency is!

  7. A somewhat simplistic solution.  So you are on the table bleeding to death and the surgeon is in the corner consulting his priest.  What then?

    • If I am on the table bleeding to death I would sincerely hope that the surgeon is doing his job as he was trained to do, without consulting with anyone outside the medical profession.

    • Rather unlikely you'd do either if your surgeon is relying on religious or legal advice before operating?

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