Some are sharing this article in outrage; they somehow think it's all about MDs forced to participate in medical transition. Did you bother to read it? Do you think it's AOK for an ER nurse to refuse to treat a woman bleeding to death from placenta previa?
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One-issue advocacy can blind people to nuance. Some may be on the side of that ER nurse who would rather let a woman bleed to death from a pregnancy complication (not an abortion!) than risk harming her fetus. But others should maybe think before they jump on the outrage train.
No MD should be forced to prescribe cross-sex hormones or perform SRS, but the Trump rule was a blunt instrument with potential to endanger lives & livelihoods. Allowing any MD or RN to refuse services for any personal reason is not the way to protect providers.
It's very important to note this is not hyperbole. Referring to the ER nurse let the woman stand and bleed: "HHS’s lawyer conceded ... that, had the 'conscience rule' been in place, the hospital could have been found in violation and lost all HHS funding."
