I mean, you’re either a medical institution, and then you do whatever is legal to help the patient, or you’re a sect, and then you tell ppl how they should live their lives according to a bunch of long-dead dudes. Not both.
I would say, morality always comes into play when you decide which actions are permissible and which are not when it comes to healthcare, from designing legislation and hospital policy, to decisions doctors take on the spot, whether it is secular morality or religious(for example, many people oppose euthanasia, and not necessarily for religious reasons). I see no reason to discredit catholics and their moral views, I respect them, and see the appeal and logic of condemning abortion, even if personally I am not a catholic.
What makes your morality better than religious morality?
I’d say it’s more about letting ppl choose what they do with their body and their lives in general, as long as it doesn’t hurt the others. I can be against abortions or euthanasia, yet it’s not me who’s going to suffer the childbirth/dementia/terminal cancer/etc.
I agree, but I would rather catholic institutions are not forced to act in accordance with a moral system they do not believe in. Since your country leaves healthcare up to the free market, it is not commited to make sure everyone gets all the services the could possibly want, but it is not preventing it either. You can open an abortion clinic near a catholic hospital if there is demand. The solution to this should not be forcing catholics to do abortions.
What’s next, jehovian hospitals that’ll refuse ppl blood transfusions? Maybe amish hospitals that’ll treat 'em with 100% organic snake oil?
I mean, you’re either a medical institution, and then you do whatever is legal to help the patient, or you’re a sect, and then you tell ppl how they should live their lives according to a bunch of long-dead dudes. Not both.
I would say, morality always comes into play when you decide which actions are permissible and which are not when it comes to healthcare, from designing legislation and hospital policy, to decisions doctors take on the spot, whether it is secular morality or religious(for example, many people oppose euthanasia, and not necessarily for religious reasons). I see no reason to discredit catholics and their moral views, I respect them, and see the appeal and logic of condemning abortion, even if personally I am not a catholic.
What makes your morality better than religious morality?
I’d say it’s more about letting ppl choose what they do with their body and their lives in general, as long as it doesn’t hurt the others. I can be against abortions or euthanasia, yet it’s not me who’s going to suffer the childbirth/dementia/terminal cancer/etc.
I agree, but I would rather catholic institutions are not forced to act in accordance with a moral system they do not believe in. Since your country leaves healthcare up to the free market, it is not commited to make sure everyone gets all the services the could possibly want, but it is not preventing it either. You can open an abortion clinic near a catholic hospital if there is demand. The solution to this should not be forcing catholics to do abortions.
No one’s forcing them to practice medicine, then.
My morality doesn’t involve covering up sexual abuse of minors, for one.
Christian morality quite clearly does not involve that.
Not officially, no. But it sure seems to happen a lot for people who want to police how others have sex.