cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/14277007

DeepL:

„Äußerst beunruhigend und unethisch“: Neue Vorschriften erlauben es Ärzten der Veteranenbehörde, Demokraten und unverheiratete Veteranen die Behandlung zu verweigern.

Das Ministerium für Veteranenangelegenheiten erklärt, die Änderungen seien eine Reaktion auf eine Verordnung von Trump zum „Schutz von Frauen“.

  • @[email protected]
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    6322 days ago

    While I’m very against the executive order they describe, the headline is misleading:

    Language requiring healthcare professionals to care for veterans regardless of their politics and marital status has been explicitly eliminated.

    So they can also refuse to treat e.g. republicans and married veterans.

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      7422 days ago

      Problem is that good people wont do that, and bad people side with republicans so the only side thatl get hurt is as the headline describes.

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        522 days ago

        I emotionally agree with you, but really the problem is that… anyone could do that in the future. Denying someone owed care because of political belief is a horrendous situation to explicitly allow, regardless of political affiliation.

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      3922 days ago

      That’s how it is in “both-sides” lala land but it’s always going to be the pro-fascist side that abuses it the most

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        122 days ago

        Sure, it’s just important to recognize when abuse happens in the absence of law, and when abuse is law, as it would be for a law targeting Democrats and unmarried explicitly.

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      821 days ago

      No VA doctor should be refusing to treat any patient for those reasons. It’s absurd and unethical.

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        221 days ago

        Yeah but you have MAGA people who are doctors and I’m sure they mostly don’t have ethical standards.