Apologies for the new post, this was going to be a response to Tyrone's, but since Baron has him on ignore and I would like his response if he feels inclined, I wanted to give him the option.
I get the pro-life crowd saying every life is precious. I would agree with that, but in reality what someone decides with their doctor a thousand miles away from you means nothing to you. As I understand it, there is no law to force someone to fight cancer if they decide not to, are we going to implement a law for that simply because life is precious?
I would never choose an abortion, I would do what I need to do in order to take care of my child (I don't suppose as a man I'm allowed the choice per the pro-choice crowd). But I am not everyone else, I don't know the minds of those people making that choice, and I'm not the person who has to live with it.
I am against any laws or mandates that tell me what I have to do because someone else thinks it is best based on their beliefs. You are free to have your beliefs, and I'm free to have mine.
Since I'm asking about laws for medical procedures, does anyone know how many laws we actually have that are based on medical procedures? This is where I'd like the lawyers and doctors to chime in because I really don't know and a quick google search seemed to indicate that the right to refuse medical treatment is guaranteed.