myth buster
2009-07-30 19:10:17

27. The problem is that not all doctors are ethical enough to obey the Hippocratic Oath. If they were, there would be no abortions for lack of providers (abortion is specifically banned in the Oath). The other problem is that if the Policy is enacted, the ethical doctors may have no choice but to retire in order to avoid partaking in the evils of the Policy. They can’t force doctors to euthanize patients due to age or disability, but they can keep doctors who refuse from being able to practice medicine at all.