tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476621888383604834.post8271061191553251970..comments2024-02-15T03:26:38.897-05:00Comments on Health Care Organizational Ethics: Abortion and Health ReformJim Sabinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087828142188534542noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476621888383604834.post-64019948133984408472009-11-16T19:07:21.037-05:002009-11-16T19:07:21.037-05:00Hi Ashley -
Thanks for your comment. Abortion is ...Hi Ashley -<br /><br />Thanks for your comment. Abortion is a truly difficult area of public policy. The principled "pro life" folks you and I recognize see abortion as a form of murder. Accepting something they interpret that way can feel impossible to them. But how are they to think of equally principled "pro choice" folks? I think the correct response is to recognize moral complexity, and to retreat from an absolutist stance, even if one doesn't explicitly acknowledge that this is what is happening.<br /><br />I share your hope that we don't see health reform derailed. We count on creative legislators to find ways to recognize competing moral views and come up with a path that brings enough support to allow health reform to proceed.<br /><br />Best<br /><br />JimJim Sabinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03087828142188534542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476621888383604834.post-62151224307416508692009-11-16T09:15:44.607-05:002009-11-16T09:15:44.607-05:00here here!
Well said-- I think that the vast majo...here here!<br /><br />Well said-- I think that the vast majority of all pro/anti-choicers are fairly respectful in their views and motivated by what they believe really is the best possible outcome. However, a small minority have made clinic defenses, posters, and screaming the rule rather than the exception (at least in public debates about abortion).<br /><br />It would be a shame to see health reform derailed over a legal medical procedure that a large portion of women go through at some point in their reproductive lives.Ashley B.http://healthequity.naccho.orgnoreply@blogger.com