Posts Tagged ‘Hippocratic Oath’
Avoiding consequences
“Right is right, even if everyone
is against it; and wrong is wrong,
even if everyone is for it.”
– William Penn, 1644-1718
founder of Pennsylvania
Dr. Tiller – the murderer is murdered
Dr. George Tiller was shot and killed last week while serving as an usher in his church. Is this a fitting end for the man who performed over 60,000 abortions and arrogantly performed “late term” abortions? Even those who support abortion early in pregnancy by arguing that the fetus is not yet a human being […]
Is the Hippocratic Oath no longer relevant?
The Hippocratic Oath has endured for more than 2,400 years, penned 400 years before the birth of Christ. G.E.R. Lloyd described the Hippocratic Oath as “an ideal gold ethics standard representing a clear dividing line separating healers and killers, a commitment that physicians make to protect life, and never to deliberately take life.” Few documents […]