An Oklahoma emergency room doctor refused to provide emergency contraception to a 24-year-old female rape victim because the medication violated the health provider’s personal beliefs, a local CBS News affiliate reports. The hospital also denied the victim a rape kit, noting that it had no appropriate nurse on staff to administer the test.
“I will not give you emergency contraceptives because it goes against my beliefs,” the doctor allegedly told the rape victim and her mother, Rhonda. “She knew my daughter had just been raped. Her attitude was so judgmental and I felt that she was just judging my daughter,” Rhonda told the news station. Watch the segment:
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I will vote for Romney, but I do not agree with what has happened to this rape victim. If that doctor has a problem doing this service then she should go into private practice, so her patience can select who they want to go to.I consider a hopital a place for everyone and their beliefs.
ReplyDeletesue him, you will win! I know some are for and some are against and the Dr. broke the law.
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