tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post6108544228647550783..comments2023-07-06T15:14:57.204+01:00Comments on JOHN'S BLOG: "Emergency Contraception"Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02487495921222083129noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-49390433533497060742007-11-13T07:58:00.000+00:002007-11-13T07:58:00.000+00:00And it would be possible to argue - I don't know i...<I>And it would be possible to argue - I don't know if you do this or not - that if the woman has thought the issue through with the data about the options, and still decides to abort, then that's her problem.</I><BR/><BR/>could equally well be used as a justification for being a Christian hit-man, which suggests it's a bad argument.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02487495921222083129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-24982090209008809162007-11-13T07:57:00.000+00:002007-11-13T07:57:00.000+00:00You're right of course, in that it is wrong for a ...You're right of course, in that it is wrong for a doctor to avoid the decision entirely (well, unless they are an orthopedic surgeon or some type of doctor who doesn't have anything to do with abortions). If they're in A+E or GP or obs&gynae or whatever, it seems that it is right to try to counsel people about it, and explain stuff, and wrong to just let it go on and ignore it.<BR/><BR/>I know Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02487495921222083129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-13797913072280074102007-11-12T23:28:00.000+00:002007-11-12T23:28:00.000+00:00my only other comment is that as a Christian docto...my only other comment is that as a Christian doctor on the front lines I have a huge opportunity to counsel women who would probably never hear much ethical debate about this issue anyway. The vast majority of my colleagues do not discuss these issues with the women who turn up to A+E or surgeries or GUM clinics and just hand it out/sign the forms. I could go down the route of letting it be knownAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-29879766657799769532007-11-12T07:45:00.000+00:002007-11-12T07:45:00.000+00:00Anonymous...I acknowledge it is a difficult issue,...Anonymous...<BR/><BR/>I acknowledge it is a difficult issue, and that there can be complex, messy, and unforseen consequences of our actions.<BR/><BR/><B>But I don't think that changes the basic responsibility to do what is right in the present situation and let the consequences worry about themselves. And if we're not just loving but communicate that we're loving, that helps too.</B><BR/><BR/>Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02487495921222083129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-91303199474578992492007-11-11T23:59:00.000+00:002007-11-11T23:59:00.000+00:00@anonymousIf you believe that the conceptus is a h...@anonymous<BR/><BR/>If you believe that the conceptus is a human being, then I think it is your duty to refuse to provide the morning after pill. If the woman decides to have an abortion at a later stage, that is her choice, not yours. Basically you're saying, should I kill the unborn child now or let someone else do it later? That doesn't really make any sense to me, personally. If it turns out Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-28043083266260358152007-11-11T22:32:00.000+00:002007-11-11T22:32:00.000+00:00I'm also an A+E doctor, and have worked in sexual ...I'm also an A+E doctor, and have worked in sexual health clinics, and am also a GP; what is your take on coils and the like? and those pills that are "abortifacient" - all these methods of contraception work at least in part by preventing implantation of a conceptus. So a lot of "contraception" not just "emergency contraception" isnt techinically contraception at all. Its worth remembering to be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-1830121028797939062007-11-11T17:09:00.000+00:002007-11-11T17:09:00.000+00:00It's worth adding that another doctor who reads th...It's worth adding that another doctor who reads this blog has e-mailed to say they agree with my analysis of the situation, and that even the phrase "morning after pill" is falling into disuse.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02487495921222083129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-47625307525898349382007-11-11T05:54:00.000+00:002007-11-11T05:54:00.000+00:00Liberals have a way of using misleading words. It ...Liberals have a way of using misleading words. It helps them get what they want. I just had to laugh the other day when a genius told me in a discussion about embryonic stem cells that "an embryo is not a fetus." It took every ounce of restraint I could muster to keep from praising him for his keen observation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com