{"id":662642,"date":"2021-08-19T16:21:55","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T20:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=662642"},"modified":"2021-08-19T16:22:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T20:22:00","slug":"opinion-listen-to-more-than-one-professional-opinion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/opinion-listen-to-more-than-one-professional-opinion\/","title":{"rendered":"Opinion: Listen To More Than One \u2018Professional\u2019 Opinion"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fopinion-listen-to-more-than-one-professional-opinion%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=662642&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-135799379-scaled-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"p2\">The inclination of many to listen primarily to members of one class is never a good practice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Recently, this has taken place in many areas of American life, with people adhering unflinchingly to the guidance of medical personnel, while ignoring the thoughts of experts in other fields. While the advice from those in the healthcare and medicine sector are worthy of our attention, the obsession with their opinions is impacting other areas of public life.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">This phenomena was most recently demonstrated by a judge in Indiana making a ruling regarding abortion restrictions. The federal judge ruled against several laws restricting abortion in the state, while upholding others as constitutional, continuing a legal battle over how far states can go to limit abortion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">In her ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Sarah Evans Barker used the testimony and explanation of members of the medical profession in citing the reasoning behind declaring several of the laws in Indiana unconstitutional.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Barker <a href=\"https:\/\/ecf.insd.uscourts.gov\/cgi-bin\/show_public_doc?12018cv1904-425\">struck down<\/a> several abortion restrictions, including a ban on telemedicine with regard to medication abortion, the requirement that a patient be examined in person before receiving medication abortion, and the requirement that provision of second-trimester abortions be restricted to hospitals or ambulatory surgical centers. The judge also found that certain facility requirements for clinics looking to perform abortions were unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">As National Review aptly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/judge-blocks-pro-life-laws-in-indiana-relying-on-testimony-from-abortion-activists\/\"><span class=\"s1\">pointed<\/span><\/a> out, many of the judge\u2019s decisions were made based on the testimony of medical personnel, as well as those who had experiences with abortion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">According to National Review, \u201cCiting prominent abortionist and abortion advocate Dr. Daniel Grossman, as well as abortion-advocacy group the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Judge Barker asserted that prescribing abortion pills via telemedicine is safe and would increase access to abortion for women who do not live near an abortion clinic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Regarding the safety of abortion procedures, the judge pointed to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Dr. Grossman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The judge wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"12\">\n<p class=\"p2\"><i>Abortion-related deaths also occur very seldomly according to the Centers for Disease Control (\u201cCDC\u201d). The CDC maintains a robust system of surveillance of all maternal deaths, as explained by Dr. Grossman, Plaintiffs\u2019 expert witness specializing in gynecology, abortion care, and public health.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p2\">Grossman is cited several other times throughout the ruling, including the section on the risks of medication abortion, known as the abortion pill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The judge noted:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"16\">\n<p class=\"p2\"><i>\u2026According to Dr. Grossman. \u201cMajor complications\u201d or \u201cclinically significant adverse events,\u201d such as excessive bleeding necessitating a blood transfusion or other complications necessitating surgery, emergency department treatment, or intravenous antibiotics, for example, affect between 0.16 and 0.31% of women, that is, less than half a percent, according to his testimony.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p2\">To be fair, Barker also discusses the explanations provided by Dr. Donna Joan Harrison, whose expert testimony was provided by the state of Indiana. Harrison is a board-certified OB-GYN and is the \u201cCEO of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, overseeing research related to mifepristone,\u201d as a footnote in the ruling explained. It added, \u201cThis organization and Dr. Harrison view elective abortion as having no legitimate role in the practice of medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">While expert testimony is key to the judicial process, the ultimate decisions should be made by the court with regard to precedent and the rule of law rather than what medical professionals might decide or believe at one time, regardless of where they fall on the political spectrum.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The judge also ruled against Indiana\u2019s mandated disclosure related to fetal life, which provides that, \u201chuman physical life begins when a human ovum is fertilized by a human sperm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The ruling cited Grossman in the explanation. \u201cAs Dr. Grossman testified, there is no medical consensus as to when human life begins; thus, to advance such a position it not \u2018truthful,\u2019\u201d it said.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs to whether there is any medical consensus on this issue, we find Dr. Grossman\u2019s opinions credible and ultimately more persuasive,\u201d the ruling stated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">When referencing a different medical professional\u2019s opinion, however, the judge points out the doctor is not pro-abortion and is suddenly concerned with personal opinion.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> Dr. Curlin \u201cwas proffered by the State as an expert in the field of bioethics, including the bioethics of abortion and informed consent.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The judge wrote, \u201cWe are further troubled by the reliability of Dr. Curlin\u2019s opinions on this topic, given that they are informed by his overall belief that abortion is the killing of an innocent human being and as such must be provided to women so that they may understand that proceeding with an abortion kills innocent life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Rather than simply reviewing the opinion of multiple medical professionals, the court sided in part with the opinions of the expert testimony provided by the plaintiffs \u2014 presumably because their opinions were pro-abortion. While each side offered their own medical expertise, and are open about their personal biases, only one was viewed credible by the court.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s past time for the courts to make decisions based on precedent and legality, not opinion \u2014 especially when it comes to cases regarding social issues.&nbsp;<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The inclination of many to listen primarily to members of one class is never a good practice.Recently, this has taken place in many areas of American life, with people adhering &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-662642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}