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What religious folks tend to forget is that those rules were a significant step forward, a progressive move as it were, compared to the situations beforehand. 
Just one step in increasing human rights and women's right, that while horribly outdated today, just marked progress compared to total lack of obligations or tribal lawlessness that was before. The message taken should have been the direction of human rights the religion's founders wanted to take society, not the state of human rights in 100AD. What mattered was the climb, not the position in time.
But doctors at several hospitals in eastern Poland refused to terminate the pregnancy, citing a so-called conscience clause that allows them not to carry out an abortion if they feel it goes against their beliefs. >

Conscience clauses are a cancer that should be fought tooth and nail. >

It's a double edged sword. Doctors should be allowed to refuse perform state-sanctioned mass sterilisation procedures (see Xinjiang, China), if doctors believe that this is morally wrong. >

Well, there is pretty big difference between being mandated to perform procedure on unwilling people by government and it being a request from the person in question. >

If you read the article, the girl is mentally disabled and is a victim of incest rape (uncle). The person who requested the abortion is her aunt. Now, is the request coming from the girl? What if the Chinese government claims that Muslims in Xian Jiang are unstable mentally (for believing in God), so they have forfeited the decision to reproduce to the state? I don't disagree that the girl in the article should get abortion, but ethics around doctor conscience is not a clear cut issue. >

Of course it isn't always clear. But morally equaling justified abortion request to state sanctioned mass sterlisation is ridiculous.  
Legal guardianship muddles water there, I admit. It's whole different conversation. But the girl is 14, even without her disability the request would be coming from her legal guardian. >

He never equated them. He used it as an example to show how doctor conscience is important in some situations and not a “cancer to be fought tooth and nail” >

Jesus fucking Christ, I can’t even imagine. A mentally disabled 14-year old being raped by her fucking uncle and they expect her to have the baby? That’s fucking diabolical. I feel sick! >

god's plan™ >

The uncle is supposed to pay the father like two lambs to make it all right... Or whatever that fucker Abraham thought he heard... >

Exodus 22
16 If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged to be married and sleeps with her, he must pay the bride-price, and she shall be his wife. 17 If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, he must still pay the bride-price for virgins.
I really like that we are bringing back the classics.