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Tuesday, May 18, 2004As a member of the California Medical Assn., I must stand up and let it be known that the CMA obviously does not speak for all of its members on this issue. Abortion has long divided our nation. In medicine, it has even deeper roots. The very Hippocratic oath contains a clause speaking out against abortion. Many of our nation's physicians have taken this oath. Sadly, I have to tell you that such was not an option when I graduated medical school in 1985. Because the oath is blatantly 'pro-life,' we, at the Medical College of Ohio, where I graduated, had to recite not the Hippocratic oath at our graduation, but the more sublime 'Prayer of Maimonides,' which does not address the subject. We were not even given a 'choice' in the matter. Go figure. Any honest debate recognizes the gruesome nature of the partial-birth abortion procedure as ending a human life, the same life, that if the circumstances were different, would be operated on to save its life. posted by Sydney on 5/18/2004 07:29:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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