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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]absolutely--the right of a term/viable baby to have a reasonable chance of surviving delivery should absolutely, 100% trump the rights of a woman to decide what type of delivery she has. 
Just as the rights of an newborn to survive/thrive should trump the rights of parents to abuse that child.  [/quote]

No no no!  The two situations you present are completely different.  The government cannot force any person to undergo a medical procedure against their express wishes, not even for the benefit of another person.  For example, you can't be forced to donate a kidney to your dying child if it's against your religious beliefs, even if you are the only viable donor.  Thus, the government also cannot force a woman to give birth in a hospital / under certain conditions (a medical procedure) against her wishes, even for the benefit of the child.  TOTALLY different from laws against abuse or withholding medical treatment from children (laws which I fully support).

However, this absolute right to personal control over your own medical treatment does NOT extend to a right to force medical professionals to provide assistance.  Medical professionals should absolutely [b]be able to [/b]refuse to treat patients who are asking them to violate professional standards of care or codes of conduct.[/quote]  I agree with this, although I would change "be able to" to "be compelled to, under pain of losing his or her license."[/quote]

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