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“.

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[–] 70 points 1 year ago (11 children)

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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  • [–] 78 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 8 points 1 year 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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  • [–] 39 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    lol I wouldn’t be surprised if the republicunts thought this was the ultimate checkmate

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    They are too dim to understand that these dumb laws they're passing are two-edged swords that can be used against them. Unfortunately, they DO understand that Dems won't take advantage of these laws.

    SCOTUS gave the president incredible immunity superpowers, knowing HitlerPig would abuse the privilege, but it applied to Biden, too. But did he use his immunity to lock up HitlerPig and all of his henchmen, knowing they were fully guilty of all sorts of treason and corruption? He did not.

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