Doctor refusing to make prescription

RainyDay

Thaedydal wrote:

Because there are people who fail to see that thier world view and/or personal moralities is not the only way and they get frustrated.

If this comment is directed at me, I'd respectfully suggest that it has been misdirected. I did not make any comment about my personal morality. I did not at any time suggest that there was one 'only way'.

I challenged the basis for the liberal position taken by several posters - no more, no less.

Our man in Havana

We are way off topic here. This is legal discussion not Humanities where the debate on the morality should be.

Easygainer

RainyDay wrote:

Wrong again - Why the selective quotes from irishhealth.com. You omited the more interesting bits;


The VHI site gives more emphasis to the implantation effect;


And please do explain the difference between a zygote and a foetus. When does a zygote become a foetus?



Thanks for your suggestions. It is unfortunate that you seem to feel threatened by the facts. But they are the facts. And I'll be staying exactly where I am.

Preventing a pregnancy is not killing a child. What stage you do it at is only of relevance once there is an identifiable lifeform. That is not the case with the morning after pill - 72 hours is not enough to create anything that one could call a life.

The zygote foetus distinction has been explained by a previous poster but it has to be emphasised again, the MAP prevents pregnancy, it does not kill anything. This is why it is legal under Art. 40, you know, the whole legal part of this...

RainyDay

Easygainer wrote:

72 hours is not enough to create anything that one could call a life.

So at what stage does the zygote/fertilised egg become a life in your book?

I would suggest that the reason the MAP is legal here is the good old-fashioned 'Irish solution to an Irish problem'. Has the legality ever been tested?

Nevyn

RainyDay wrote:

I would suggest that the reason the MAP is legal here is the good old-fashioned 'Irish solution to an Irish problem'. Has the legality ever been tested?

Well why not start up anohter thread on that ?
I would say this thread has meansered enough as it is.

Did the dr who saw the patient have a duty of care as he was not thier regular dr ?
Does that duty of care allow the dr to differeicate between one type of treatment and another ?

The reason that the wellwomans centre and the Ifpa were set up was becuase
there was a time in this country when the vast majority of dr refused to deal
in any contraception what so ever even after it was made legal.
There are still gps who hold to this stance who will not provide contraceptive services,
post coital contraception or be part of a referal system to those who seek terminations.

Is this legal is this day and age ? was the question posed and can the dr be censoured or fined for it.


More about the fight for contraception and the actions taken against the ifpa
can be found here http://www.ifpa.ie/about/hist2.html

JohnOwonga

tabatha wrote: »

you wont get anywhere with the medical council. i know this for a fact, previous experience. best bet is to try paitent focus. they are a free service and well worth it. http://www.patientfocus.ie/

Patientfocus Website Telephone Numbers?
I have gone to website surprisingly no telephone numbers are displayed?

Anyone know whats happenining here.

JohnOwonga

RE*AC*TOR wrote: »

anyway - The Medical Council is the place to complain about a GP.

http://www.medicalcouncil.ie/default.asp

If the doctor is going to base his scientific/medical decisions on religious mumbo-jumbo - then he should have a plaque outside his practice stating

"Dr. X - Christian General Practitioner".

Excellent Organisation you cannot go wrong there.

sh_o

JohnOwonga wrote: »

Patientfocus Website Telephone Numbers?
I have gone to website surprisingly no telephone numbers are displayed?

Anyone know whats happenining here.

http://www.patientfocus.ie/contact.htm

JohnOwonga

sh_o wrote: »

http://www.patientfocus.ie/contact.htm

Thanks for that the website does not display correctly on my PC.