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A Tennessee Doctor Refused to Give a Woman Prenatal Care Because She’s Unmarried (truthout.org)

submitted 2 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/usa@midwest.social

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Tennessee’s “conscience law,” allowing doctors to deny care due to their religious beliefs, went into effect in April.

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[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 14 points 2 months ago

You know that oath you pledged, that goes “do no harm”? Do you remember that?

[–] riskable@programming.dev 14 points 2 months ago

"Yeah, screw the unborn!" -Actual Conservative in Reality, right now, demonstrating what "family values" really means.

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

Stop becoming doctors if you don’t want to do your jobs.

[–] Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

Sounds like a recast of Ireland's Magdalene Laundries. Apparently some Christians think that not all fetuses are created equal. Bet that 'doctor' would be front and centre trying her for abortion if she miscarried.