A federal judge abandoned his own previous ruling to permit medical professionals who are not doctors to perform first-trimester abortions in Virginia on Tuesday.
U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson walked back his May 6 ruling that Virginia’s “Physicians-Only Law” requiring doctors to perform first-trimester abortions is “‘unduly burdensome’ and therefore unconstitutional,” The Washington Post reported. Hudson granted a motion for summary judgment following his conclusion.
Hudson’s previous ruling would have allowed first-trimester abortions to be performed in clinics or hospitals in the presence of a medical professional, including nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives with appropriate training. A physician would not be required to perform the procedure, according to the ruling.
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DR SHOULD LOSE THERE LICENSE GOES AGAINST THERE OATH UNLESS ITS A EMERGENCY.
ReplyDeleteSomeone please explain to us Neanderthals how a person who took the Hippocratic Oath which starts with "First, do no harm..." can then proceed with an abortion?
ReplyDelete"... in the presence of a medical professional..." could mean that the medical professional is somewhere in the building ready to take a call to show up at the patient's operative room if there's a problem.
ReplyDeleteIt's surgery, invasively removing living tissue from a person. A doctor should do it if it's a medical necessity. Nobody should do it if it isn't.
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