By Alex Bruce-Smith
A doctor in Victoria is refusing to offer vital reproductive health care – including prescribing contraception or providing advice about abortion and vasectomies – in what appears to be a growing issue in response to debate around the Religious Discrimination Bill.
A sign outside the Torquay Medical Health & Wellness Clinic, posted to social media last night, announced Dr Hong Nguyen would no longer be providing the health care options, effective immediately, with patients requiring those services urged to book with another doctor at the clinic…
…
Photos of the notice were posted to social media by state Animal Justice Party MP Andy Meddick and Reason Party MP Fiona Patten, both of whom told PEDESTRIAN.TV they were alerted to the notice by members of the public.
“I was absolutely appalled,” Meddick told P.TV. “Reproductive services are part of the Australian health management system, patients should not be denied that right.”
“I feel first and foremost that a doctor should have a duty of care to their patient, they should put their religious views aside and not impose them on their patient,” Patten said.
Read full article on Pedestrian.
