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Friday, December 30, 2005
The TurkeyBlog is squeamishly pro-choice, as has been noted before.
Still, he respects those who are not.
Which makes this story, if its implications are what they seem, rather disturbing:
EU to Catholic Doctors: Thou Shalt Abort
Leftist groups have complained that some new EU members – namely Lithuania, Poland and Slovakia – are so overwhelmingly Catholic that far too few doctors are willing to perform abortions. This makes it hard for women who want an abortion to find a doctor who has no conscientious objection. In such cases, the EU experts say, doctors should be forced to abort:
“Indeed, the right to religious conscientious objection may conflict with other rights, also recognized under international law. In such circumstances, an adequate balance must be struck between these conflicting requirements, which may not lead to one right being sacrificed to another.” In what other circumstances would the EU sanction a person being forced to commit murder as part of his duty?
posted by gbarto at 11:31 AM
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