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minus-squarebleistift2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months ago“Do no harm” is not the same as “Do prevent harm.” Also, if you’re citing the Hippocratic Oath,… I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoThe Hippocratic Oath was created to forbid surgery, since it was a provable harm before modern hygienic standards. No one has sworn the original in centuries, but they do swear modernized versions which don’t include such ignorant nonsense.
“Do no harm” is not the same as “Do prevent harm.”
Also, if you’re citing the Hippocratic Oath,…
The Hippocratic Oath was created to forbid surgery, since it was a provable harm before modern hygienic standards. No one has sworn the original in centuries, but they do swear modernized versions which don’t include such ignorant nonsense.