Thursday, May 27, 2010

Double Standards in the Medical Profession

The American Board of Anesthesiology has issued a mandate. Any of its members who participate in the execution of a person legally judged guilty and sentenced to death will have their certifications revoked. Yet they haven't issued a similar mandate for those who participate in legally assisted suicides. And they haven't issued a similar mandate for those who participate in legal abortions. We can only conclude that the board places higher value on the lives of murderers than it does on the lives of the innocent. Its double standard is showing.

"Doctors in executions targeted." The Dallas Morning News; May 2, 2010; p. 8A.

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