Would you assist in abortions?

fergus51 · May 18, 2004

Hmmm... something personal involved?.... Well, yes I have a uterus and I am passionate about women's health (I have never been pregnant myself if that's what you are trying to imply). That's probably an important thing when you work in mat-child nursing and I'll never apologize for it. If you don't have a real desire to provide women with healthcare you shouldn't be working in that area. I would assist in an abortion if a patient needed me to because it is a part of women's health as far as I am concerned, though I respect that some people would not. As it is, by the time they get to me it's too late for that.

busyrninva · May 18, 2004

No I would not.

Brandy Peavyhouse · May 18, 2004

No, definitely not.

ChrisA · May 18, 2004

To those who would not, what would you actually do if you worked somewhere where they asked you to assist on a procedure? Would you just say "I won't do that"?

Dixiedi · May 18, 2004

I am just curious. Would you ever work in an abortion clinic? Would you give pills that would cause an abortion? Thanks

What's the pay?

I personally would never have an abortion (too old now, hehehe) but I have no objection to girls who do not want to be a mother having them. Sure is prefered to having even more unwanted children without a stable loving home.

llgRN · May 18, 2004

Sorry to all my colleagues...I really am not wanting to personally attack someone....just wanting to protect innocent lives. Without naming names or copying a part of anyone else's post....My husband also was adopted, he has dealt with many different feelings over the years related to that...he is a brillant man...chemical engineer...can you imagine the loss to this world if his birth mom had decided to snuff him out? Can you imagine the vast amounts of loss of genetic material that has been aborted, that would have become maybe another Einstien...or another street worker....or ...healthcare worker or

....hamburger short order cook....? Everyone has a place....role.........I commend any women who dispite difficult situation, carries the prescious life to term. even though they themselves need to have therapy. Most people that I know that have actually place a baby for adoption, have the satisfaction that when faced with a difficult...maybe embarassing situation...they CHOSE LIFE for their zygote/embryo/baby. This satisfaction helps them go on in life, knowing they made a very unselfish decision....

The answer to the starting question was about we would assist with abortions...and NO WAY would I ever again assist in one...I did work in a clinic along time ago that performed them...(I was the insurance secretary, and took the "products of conception" to the lab)...but after seeing small feet with legs attached, but ripped off the little body...with a ribcage floating in the rest of the fluid (the clinic only did 1st trimester AB) ...that was enough for me........

Now this may make you think I am "back-peddling"....BUT...If I got floated to another unit and there was a post AB patient, I would provide the same care that I would anyone....they are really needing support....

Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN · May 18, 2004

This satisfaction helps them go on in life, knowing they made a very unselfish decision....

You're saying that assuming that woman who gets an abortion is thinking of herself ONLY, when that is not always the case (not to mention calling it selfish is very judgemental). How about a baby that's ALREADY suffering in the womb? Everyone's situation is different, TRUST ME.

(And NEVER would i call an abortion a 'snuff'! Gag! :stone )

llgRN · May 18, 2004

Should one be disposed of early in the suffering stages...that would make it better? Whose discription of suffering should be used?.....How much suffering should one allow?

Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN · May 19, 2004

Should one be disposed of early in the suffering stages...that would make it better? Whose discription of suffering should be used?.....How much suffering should one allow?

I never SAID it would make ANYTHING better, although the one situation i have in mind, it did. Each situation is different.

Look at the WHOLE situation before assuming that a woman is selfish to get an abortion, was (still is) my point.

Dixiedi · May 19, 2004

Should one be disposed of early in the suffering stages...that would make it better? Whose discription of suffering should be used?.....How much suffering should one allow?

We are getting into a morality issue that will never be closed. The original post was simply would you work in an abortion facility/floor.

We are not to judge our patients choices. We can disagree with them, but not judge them.

Yes, as I said before, I would. If a woman wants one, it's her choice.

I really hate that "it's her body crap." but on the other hand, I also hate to see how many unwanted children there are in this country.

Adoption is a great alternative, but where are all those people who have bumper stickers on their car when it comes time to take a kid or two home? Not at the adoption agency (all too often.)

Yes, I believe adoptions are a needed procedure. Besides, it sure beats the hell out of an abortion in some back alley kitchen! And that was going on not so long ago.

Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN · May 19, 2004

Heck, they still go on in back alley kitchens, just not the degree that they used to.

Dixiedi · May 19, 2004

Heck, they still go on in back alley kitchens, just not the degree that they used to.

I was fairly sure they do, some things never go away, but have no numbers to back it up. One thing for sure I've learned here is that if you make a statement, you'd better be able to back it with figures.