
Julie Cantor, a lawyer for Planned Parenthood, recently published an article in the New England Journal of Medicine, telling all pro-life doctors that if they have objections to abortion, they should stay out of women's health.
The article is the latest attack on the right of conscience. It exemplifies the pro-choice disdain for any differing opinions and any doctors who stand-up to the abortion industry. Here are some excerpts from Cantor's article:
As the gatekeepers to medicine, physicians and other health care providers have an obligation to choose specialties that are not moral minefields for them. Qualms about abortion, sterilization, and birth control? Do not practice women's health.
Federal laws may make room for the rights of conscience, but health care providers - and all those whose jobs affect patient care - should cast off the cloak of conscience when patients' needs demand it.
To say that anyone who is opposed to abortion should stay out of women's health is not only an ignorant statement, but it once again signifies that the abortion industry does not truly care about women's health.Federal laws may make room for the rights of conscience, but health care providers - and all those whose jobs affect patient care - should cast off the cloak of conscience when patients' needs demand it.
How can the abortion industry call for thousands of doctors to leave the medical field, when the U.S. is facing a shortage of OB-GYNs? It is irresponsible to advocate for policies that leave women seeking health care high and dry.
Cantor also calls for physicians to put conscience aside when "patients' needs demand it." This so-called "need" Cantor writes about is abortion. But make no mistake, less than 3 percent of abortions are done for the "mother's health." That means 97 percent of women choose to have an abortion for other reasons.
Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry are just plain wrong. Women do not need abortions. What they do need are OB-GYNs that can provide good health care. This is why it is so critical to protect the right of conscience for all health care professionals.
Don't let the abortion industry dominate this discussion! Contact the Department of Health and Human Services today and urge them to maintain protections for health care providers.
