should doctors be forced to perform abortion

First, advice. I would recommend citing your references in the text, so I know what source is backing what claim, and what claims have no source. When I use sources, I number them [1], and list them at the end. Others will post the link in the text of the argument at the end of the paragraph or point. Also, watch your spelling and grammar, as it is judged as well. In case you don’t know, debates are judged by fellow DDO members on four criteria (7 points): who had better conduct (1 pt), who had better spelling and grammar (1 pt), who had more reliable sources (2 pts), and who made better arguments (3 pts). These criteria are voted independently of each other, and can and do often end in ties (especially spelling and source points), in which event, no points are awarded for that criterion. Now, back to the debate. 1 it is not the doctor's responsibility to determine the actual surgery in most matters they need to give options but final choice is made by the patient. This has legal precedence.Benjamin Cardozo (who would later become a Supreme Court justice) ruled in a New York case that "[e]very human being of adult years and sound mind has a right to determine what shall be done with his own body." True. While there is precedent that the patient’s decision may veto a doctor’s, there is no precedent that a doctor must perform a service. “Pulling the plug” is not a service ,it is lack of one.2. A patients morals and or beliefs out weigh a doctor's. This has been established before listed a couple examples where a patients choice out way a doctor's decision.a dnr "do not resuscitate"A patient may refuse a blood transfusion Again, a patient may decide their course of action, but you cannot force a doctor to act. 3 A doctor's primary responsibility is to there patient not another life.True, doctors will honor their patients’ decisions. However, it does not mean doctors are duty bound to act on their request. For example, if a cancer patient refuses chemotherapy and opts for a homeopathic option, is the doctor required to give messages or locate these herbs? Due too these 3 reasons a doctor should have to respect a woman's right to chose termination of a pregnancy and perform the operation regardless of his or her personal views. You make a compelling argument as to why doctors should respect their patients’ wishes. However, none of these come close to demanding a doctor perform a procedure that a doctor may consider risky, unnecessary, and uncomfortable. My arguments are simple. 1. No one has the right to compel anyone to provide a service. We do not force acupuncturists to practice Western medicine. We do not force plastic surgeons to operate on the same individual seven times in one year, whether the client demands it or not. And we certainly should not force a Catholic hospital to perform an abortion, as it is against their religion. If something is unethical to a doctor, they should not perform. Otherwise, any doctor should be required to perform any legal procedure. It is often said that people who have plastic surgery numerous times have psychological issues, and after a certain number of procedures (varies by doctor), a psychological consult is required before the doctor will operate again [1]. 2. The Hippocratic Oath forbids this arbitrary compulsion [2]. The oath taken by doctors is to use their judgment, do no harm, and not to cause an abortion (“not give to a woman an abortive remedy”). Regardless, ethics may differ between doctors, but any doctor who has scruples and takes pause with any procedure, should not be compelled to perform said procedure. I can conceive of no argument as to why a doctor should be forced to act against their will, their word, and their ethics; none has been provided. Vote Con. http://emedicine.medscape.com... http://www.pbs.org...