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The case involves a woman who claims that she almost immediately told a doctor to stop an abortion procedure. The doctor says the procedure was too far gone to stop. Regardless of who is right what is clear is that after the woman said stop the doctor used force to finish the procedure.
Michigan Woman Claims Doctor Forced Abortion After She Said Stop - ABC News
Seeded on Fri Jun 4, 2010 10:25 PM EDT
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This article raises some questions about patient rights, consent and medical malpractice. I believe that whenever the woman said stop that the doctor was obligated to obey her wishes. I can understand the doctor saying ok fine what is she died after that from internal bleeding? Under our current law the doctor could have probably been sued for such a decision. Yet, doesn't the patient have the absolute right to say stop?
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#1 - Fri Jun 4, 2010 10:30 PM EDTYet, doesn't the patient have the absolute right to say stop?
Before a procedure begins. Otherwise the word 'stop' is meaningless. Stop during brain surgery? Are you going to remove tools from your own head and unhook yourself from the equipment?
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I suppose that is a very valid point except an abortion would probably be closer to removing an appendix. So lets say they have given me a local and cut into me. My appendix is still intact and I say, you know what I would prefer not to do this. Are you really saying the doctor should be able to tell me too bad we are taking it out anyway?
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Are you really saying the doctor should be able to tell me too bad we are taking it out anyway?
Barring some medical reason not to. It would almost be negligent for a doctor to trust the judgment of a patient undergoing an invasive procedure. If the procedure was explained and consented to, then the best medical judgement is to complete the procedure.
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