I want to tell you up front: I am a scatter brain. I'm not gonna act like I'm not, b/c, really, I am. One of the things the University said was interesting about my ADHD was that my brain has so much going on at once that, simply put, no one could get me to put together a cohesive thought. Yet it was clear I knew what was going on; it was just that I had about 5,000 things going on. Honest.
Then I read this today on NPR. And I was reminded of the yearly pap I've sceduled 3x and keep forgetting.
http://www.npr.org/...
I ain't forgetting this time.
I want to be perfectly clear on this point (and, graciously, being here on Dkos, most of the time I find people that are educated enough to understand a scatter brain like me :-) ): I would never expect a doctor, lawyer, professor, or any educated, liscened professional to quit their ethics. As much as I feel emotional emptiness toward my father, one of the things I always felt a level of respect for when it came to his profession was that, no matter how much he disagreed with the patient's decision, he was able to remove himself enough to treat them.
Or, he did what the board is "recommending" (this is where I'm getting a bit pissed off): he would refer them to a colleague, directly stating to the colleague why, as a professional, he felt he couldn't treat them. Even if the individual was a card-carrying anti-semite (and yes, my father did pass on my Jewish heritage to me, something I am proud of), my father often times found ways to realize that God, as he understood him, could handle this individual; that his job was do deal with the physical being, not the spiritual.
This didn't mean my father was a saint. Ha. And this is where I'm getting quite irked.
At the end of the day, these are the same individuals that will passionately insist that each person is innocent until proven guilty. They believe in the system. Therefore, these individuals believe in the due process of the system and how each individual is due a lawyer to defend them at trial. But their actions, to me, speak of a belief that says that each individual is guilty until proven innocent; that means that, because of their actions, and whatever unforseen consequences may result, they are expected to bear the brunt and the burden. Period.
Moreover, these individuals, put in the same position they insist to control others of--that is to say, control emergency contreception, birth control, etc--were they to be in that position, they absolutely would pull every string and use every friend to find their lives manageable.
And it's happened. Think of how many times you've made phone calls to friends when you've been in a fix. Now, imagine if your friends had "friends."
Changes things, yes?
And I think that we're overlooking something(s).
What is the financial breakdown of a child being put into the adoption system?
What is the financial break down of this child later being put into the prison system?
What is the cost of a woman going into emergency labor, and the reality that she HAS to be treated?
What is the financial break down of a 1x use of an emergency contraception?
What is the financial break down of long term contraception?
The medical establishment insists that "first, do no harm."
What if the medical establishment, by trying to balence between its members and its patients, already has?