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brian
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Posted: Thu Jun 5th, 2008 04:39 am |
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I know that it is an excommunicable offense to perform or help someone procure an abortion. Someone I know is studying to be a nurses assistant and was told that if one morally objects to abortion they can do not have to assist during the time that someone is performing an abortion, but that they can not fail to take care of a patient recovering from or preparing for an abortion. Like bringing them a blanket or water or something simple while they were in the hospital or wherever they would be. So, to what extent is this true, and to what extent should a nurse worry about it. Since she in no way convinced anyone to have an abortion and did nothing to help it take place, is there anything wrong then with offering their services to one who has gone through it?
I would think as long as one does not perform it or convince someone to have one, they are free to offer any other service they normally would have.
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David W. Emery
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Posted: Thu Jun 5th, 2008 11:25 am |
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I would think as long as one does not perform it or convince someone to have one, they are free to offer any other service they normally would have.
You have pronounced the correct answer, Brian. The general Christian moral view: Everyone has sinned, including ourselves, and we are to have compassion on the sinner in his need just as we would on the righteous. Romans 5:8: “God shows his love for us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.” So long as we do not actively cooperate in their sin, we are called in charity to help relieve human suffering wherever it is to be found. A nurse or nurse’s assistant has the privilege of fulfilling this Christian vocation concretely on a daily basis. Through the grace of God, it is possible that such a ministry, in conjunction with prayer for the conversion of all sinners, may bear eternal fruit for some of the patients.
David
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