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Nope, I didn't say that.
I'm saying these people should operate by the oath they made to do no harm. I'm saying I wish someone would take a stand and help someone that needs it, so they don't just sit there and die for no good reason.
If they lose their license and go to jail for helping someone, then the laws are truly unjust and should not be followed. Maybe it would bring more attention to this shit instead of just letting people die, having our institutions not report it, and only a small handful of people ever seeing this article. Maybe there would be a lot more articles about the doctor that got arrested for saving someone's life. And if people can't get the care from that physician that was arrested for saving someone's life, that is the state's problem. It's not the Doctors fault for sticking to the words they swore everyone they would live by. Maybe something would happen instead of everyone just sitting idly by and letting shit keep getting worse. Maybe one Doctor inspires more Doctors to do the same. They can't arrest all the Doctors.
If I was a doctor in one of these states, I would absolutely risk my career for this. Wouldn't you? It is cowardice not to. If they want to arrest all the Doctors and cause the rest to flee the state, leaving their citizens vulnerable, that is the state's fault for pushing this archaic bullshit down our throats. They should have thought of the consequences before passing laws telling doctors to stop giving people healthcare! In my opinion, doctors being scared to lose their licenses and just letting people die instead shouldn't be doctors anymore.
The original Hippocratic oath forbids abortions. So do many of the modern versions. There are plenty of physicians that keep true to that oath.
Yes, and when informed of the fact that it is responsible for the lives of its' citizens, the state said "lol no" and went right back to dismantling every single system constructed to support human life in this country.
We have already seen GOP state congresses overturn the will of the voters. No amount of outcry or protest will reverse the course of arresting and persecuting physicians and women involved with abortion care will ever overcome the gerrymandering. You're advocating for physicians throwing away everything they've worked for their whole lives for a single patient in a way that will also leave all of their other patients without care.
I know you are passionate and vehement about this, but unless you're in the position to trade your entire life for this one ethical principle without regard for all of the knock-on effects, your opinion means extremely little to those who are in that position.