Ideology-Driven OB-GYN Group Blasts Abortion Ban

From the Rapid City Journal today:

The organization is particularly critical of the lack of exceptions for victims of rape and incest

So why is a medical group upset over the "lack of exceptions" for rape/incest victims? Their purview should be the medical. Perhaps they're letting a little ideology slip through, hm?

The article does quote one of their ideologically-driven doctors on the subject of medicine itself, their area of purview:

"This bill permits abortions only when intended to prevent the death of a pregnant woman. The problem is, medicine is never black and white."

So is that a black and white statement that nothing is black and white, or is it only sometimes that everything is black and white, or is nothing ever sometimes black and white (?) ?

Dr. Don Oliver, a Rapid City pediatrician, has no trouble seeing through the haze of liberal ideology to understand the sacred duty of doctors to preserve life, not end it:

Dr. Don Oliver, a Rapid City pediatrician and board member of the VoteYesForLife.com coalition, said his concern on this issue is that ACOG has "lost its moral compass and succumbed to the pressures of society" rather than trying to protect the lives of both patients involved in a pregnancy.

"Obstetricians have always taken responsibility for two patients: mother and unborn child," Oliver said. "And their duty was to protect the lives of both. This is a sacred duty that they ought to adhere to."

Abortion is rarely performed for medical reasons or because of a lethal birth defect, Oliver said. Even when a seriously impaired child is born dead or dies shortly after birth, most parents find something in the experience to cherish, he said.

And other children with birth defects may go on to live meaningful lives, he said.

"I've spent a lifetime caring for infants with some of these types of defects and other less severe ones," Oliver said. "In none of these cases have I ever come across a mother who didn't treasure something in their child's life."

Regarding rape and incest, Oliver said Plan B emergency contraception is more readily available than opponents of the ban will admit, even in Catholic hospitals throughout the state. About one in 300 rapes results in pregnancy, and studies show that most rape victims don't have an abortion and are happy with their decision, Oliver said.

"Many of those who have one regret it later," he said.