A new law in Florida will soon allow doctors to turn away LGBTQ+ patients, citing religious and moral objections.
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed a “protections of medical conscience” bill as part of a so-called “medical freedom” agenda. Standing alongside controversial Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, DeSantis signed the legislation along with bills preventing employers from requiring vaccination status for new employees and barring certain virus research.
“These expanded protections will help ensure that medical authoritarianism does not take root in Florida,” DeSantis said at a Pensacola press conference.
DESANTIS is all about pretending that he is against authoritarianism. He, of course, is a slimy and sinister snake oil salesman and perfectly understands that by calling out others LOUDLY that his FLIM-FLAM may be ignored or overlooked! SCREAM that everyone else from Librarians to Teachers and now the Medical Professionals are acting in an authoritarianist manner, will somehow make us look over there shielding his own authoritarianism.
DESANTIS calls it a “protections of medical conscience” bill. Exactly what kind of conscience does a Doctor Nurse, Pharmacist, or Medical Technician actually have, if within their profession and their medical education, they along the way prioritize who receives treatment, who may have a chance of survival, and who may not!
I am so tired of almost everyone sitting by idly as DESANTIS plays judge and jury, acting as Christian National Fascist. Where is the outcry from the American Medical Association, American Nursing Association, and American Medical Technologists, do they remain silent as their members now refuse medical attention, to those whose God or their Religion insists certain lives do not be treated?
