I had talked about this idea of having a specialized doctor doing
abortions exclusively in a hospital, but I did not really flush the idea out.
So here is my attempt to do so.
Abortionist: The idea behind an abortionist is
to create a special class of doctor (or medical practitioner as they violate
the Hippocratic Oath). In this case, these professionals will belong to
hospitals only with hopefully all other abortion clinics shut down as a means
to eliminate profit motives. Basically, a hospital will be the only place
to get an abortion (still cheap due to the number of hospitals). This
increases the revenue to cash strapped hospitals as well, while also providing
a place for the dead children's bodies to be used for medical research or at
the very least harvested as such. But, I do not think that these
abortionists should be limited to such a narrow profession. Sure they
will be trained to handle issues when things go wrong during an abortion and
they will be able to perform late term abortions if the woman's life is in
danger, but it may be too narrow. As such, they could be trained to aid
in assisted suicide. This relieves regular doctors of the duty so that
they do not violate their Hippocratic Oath (especially now as States like
California are set to legalize such practices). Therefore they will be
charged with ending a person's life as painlessly as possible by whatever
methods they deem appropriate. It need not even be limited to those who
are sick or infirm who wish to die, but can encompass people who simply wish to
commit suicide and executions by the State. Currently, States provide for
how things like abortions can be conducted, and how executions should take
place (which is sure to happen with assisted suicides as well), but if these
abortionists were given authority to decide for themselves the most painless
course of action it would be a little more humane. Also, I will say
again, these professionals can harvest the body parts of these dead babies, and
now suicide victims for either medical research and even for organ donation.
So in a way, by taking a life, they are also making attempts at saving
some too.
Conclusion: If you have read my past works,
then you know I am against abortion save in the case of rape or woman’s life
being in danger. However, abortion is not going away and is a topic of
debate not just amongst the political parties, but libertarians as well (along
with assisted suicide). While assisted suicide is less controversial than
abortion for it truly is your own body and you are deciding what to do with it,
I wanted to eliminate the profit motives of abortion clinics while also
professionalizing this service that deals in death. Thus, by isolating abortions,
assisted suicides and executioners to a single profession we can watch and
understand the craft. We will be able to see the select group that
performs this sad profession. Additionally, it will take abortion clinics
out of minority areas where they seem to dominate, thus relegating the service
to a centralized visible location that services everyone (done in part to
eliminate the racial component of Planned Parenthood). I do not want
these people called doctors as they are not doctors due to their violation of
the oath, but I cannot say get rid of abortion or doctors aiding people in
committing suicide. As such, this is my compromise.
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