What if a law was passed that doctors had to obey the military? Would that make it right to apply their skill and knowledge to evil purposes?

 

Medicines posits very high moral values. Some of the highest. Medical practitioners are at the service of their patients, but not at the service of disease. We seek firstly to do no harm, and secondly to do good. 

 

There are laws before NSW Parliament that liberalise Abortion and co-opt doctors to be agents for the industry. 

 

What ought doctors to do in this situation?

 

References:

1) Christopher Browning (1992), "Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland"

2) Jordan Peterson (2018), "12 Rules for Life: an antidote to chaos", Allen Lane

3) Al-Muderis, M (2014), "Walking Free", Allen & Unwin

4) Medical Board of Australia (March 2014), "Good medical practice: a code of conduct for doctors in Australia", AHPRA, available: https://www.ahpra.gov.au/documents/default.aspx?record=WD14%2F13139&dbid=AP&chksum=QcTyqZvtbNYs5MbrHowyAA%3D%3D 

5) AMA (2019), Conscientious Objection, availalble: https://ama.com.au/position-statement/conscientious-objection-2019