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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIn America, do gay heart surgeons have the right to refuse to save the lives..
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Probably not because unlike bakers, Heart Surgeons take an oath, but it is a good point, nonetheless
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In America, do gay heart surgeons have the right to refuse to save the lives.. (Original Post)
Wwcd
Jun 2018
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uppityperson
(115,905 posts)1. Doctors aren't bound by the Hippocratic oath
Wwcd
(6,288 posts)3. So technically heart surgeons, or anyone else, could refuse a bigot?
Hmmm 😁
unblock
(54,528 posts)2. just a reminder, bigotry is not a protected class under federal or state law.
merchants generally have a right to refuse to sell or provide service to a bigot.
this probably does apply to doctors, though perhaps not in emergency situations.
Girard442
(6,505 posts)4. Reich-wingers have hearts?