Ongoing Actions Require Ongoing Consent

Ongoing actions require ongoing consent

Driving a car may mean that you get into an accident, but it does not mean that you should be denied medical treatment for your ongoing medical condition because you chose to drive a car knowing what could happen.

Smoking a pack a day for decades may mean that you get lung cancer, but it does not mean that you should be denied medical treatment for your ongoing medical condition because you chose to smoke knowing what could happen.

Going outside may mean that you have a piano fall on you, but that does not mean that you should be denied medical treatment for your ongoing injuries simply because you chose to go outside knowing what could happen.

Having sex may mean that you are impregnated, but that does not mean that you should be denied an abortion for your ongoing medical condition (and yes, it is a medical condition) because you chose to have sex knowing what could happen.

Actions have potential consequences, but if those consequences are ongoing, one does not have to suffer them regardless of how they got in the situation because ongoing actions require ongoing consent. There are literally no other cases where we expect people to suffer terminable medical conditions because of how they got themselves into the situation. We do not ever punish people with forced medical conditions for any reason. We treat people when they want to be treated, regardless of why they’re in need. -V

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