Pediatrician refuses to treat baby of lesbian parents. (Christians, Christ, gay)
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Before this gets to be 90 pages long with incorrect information.. I believe it wasn't a baby needing any kind of treatment, it was a new patient well-baby check.
The doctor said she didn't feel she could relate well to the parents or establish a good doctor/patient (parent substitute, in this case) relationship.
She was wrong to have taken them first and then changed her mind. She brought attention t herself for having done so.
Personally, I think she's totally unprofessional and just this side of being an idiot but I guess they can be found everywhere.
The fact that the Doctor wouldn't even deliver the news to the couple herself didn't help her either.
Would you really want a doctor that you fundamentally disagree with on the topic of sexuality to treat your kid?
This goes deeper than the doc thinking the parents are "icky". She decided she was not able to develop the parent-doctor relationship. I respect her for telling them from the start. It's not as if she happened along a car accident and found 2 lesbians with a baby and said "Well...I'm not going to treat THEM....". This is a non-emergency, and there are plenty of other doctors to go to.
She didn't actually tell them though, she relied on a nurse to do that. Can't say the person has much character when they aren't adult enough to say something to your face.
The doctor was within her rights. The baby didn't need "treatment" and any decent parent would want the doctor treating their child to be total comfortable with the family and not distracted in any way. Who would be so ignorant not to put their child's welfare above the offense they might take about someone's feelings about the parent's lifestyle, race, religion. This isn't like the flowers or the cake, this was about making the baby a pawn for the cause. Any parent in their right mind wants the best for their child and a doctor with misgivings about the family would not be the best choice.
The headline was nothing but sensationalism and another assault against the religious freedom of a US citizen.
Using the baby? Nothing but shameful.
The doctor was within her rights. The baby didn't need "treatment" and any decent parent would want the doctor treating their child to be total comfortable with the family and not distracted in any way. Who would be so ignorant not to put their child's welfare above the offense they might take about someone's feelings about the parent's lifestyle, race, religion. This isn't like the flowers or the cake, this was about making the baby a pawn for the cause. Any parent in their right mind wants the best for their child and a doctor with misgivings about the family would not be the best choice.
The headline was nothing but sensationalism and another assault against the religious freedom of a US citizen.
Using the baby? Nothing but shameful.
Oh yeah, because not treating a child because of her gay parents is found all in the bible. Sorry, but this is about a bigot refusing to treat someones child because they are uncomfortable with it. Loudly saying that "My religion is against it" doesn't make it so if you make it up. Last time I checked Jesus ate with sinners, tax collectors, and whores. He also seemed to have no qualms about healing anyone. But I guess the old Doctor feels it's okay to be selective .
Duplicate of the thread running in Current Events: Pediatrician Refuses to Treat Baby with Lesbian Parents
The doctor was within her rights. The baby didn't need "treatment" and any decent parent would want the doctor treating their child to be total comfortable with the family and not distracted in any way. Who would be so ignorant not to put their child's welfare above the offense they might take about someone's feelings about the parent's lifestyle, race, religion. This isn't like the flowers or the cake, this was about making the baby a pawn for the cause. Any parent in their right mind wants the best for their child and a doctor with misgivings about the family would not be the best choice.
The headline was nothing but sensationalism and another assault against the religious freedom of a US citizen.
Using the baby? Nothing but shameful.
Oh come on . . . a pediatrician is supposed to be focused entirely on the child and its health, period. Absent abusive parents . . . there is no reason for the status of the parents EVER to enter into her professional responsibilities to the child. You are saying that even though she might be the BEST pediatrician in the area . . . the Lesbian couple should not be allowed to have her treat their child because they are Lesbians????
Math means 2% are left who don't take the oath.
50% in England.
This doctor is a Moderator cut: vulgar epithet to the Nth degree.
And likely a hypocrite who reads the Bible like a Choose Your Own Adventure... much like most of her ilk.
Violation of an oath is irrelevant and potentially incorrect.
Last edited by mensaguy; 02-23-2015 at 07:20 AM..
Reason: language
Yeah, because non gay kids never get bullied right? Do us a favor and crawl back under your rock.
I never claimed that the kids of straight parent do not get bullied. But they certainly do not get taunted and teased because of their parents, which is something that can do far more emotional damage and cause more inner turmoil to a kid of dykes. Or gay men.
This may sound harsh or callous to you but it is simply a fact. Kids can be cruel and often are. Also: the deleterious results in this country from breadkdown of traditional family are irrefutable.
Ask any teacher. Or law enforcement officer. Or mental health professional.
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