Howard Dean did his residency at Planned Parenthood, got his GYN experience there, was a high ranking offical at the organization, yet refused to perform abortions there? If he is so damn supportive of the procedure, why not perform them?
This will bite him in the ass if he wins the nomination.
From People Magazine:
Q: Were you both active in Planned Parenthood in Burlington?
Judy: We both worked there, while we were residents, but I wouldn't call it active.
Howard: And no, neither of us ever did an abortion.
Q: Why do you say it that way?
Howard: Because I always get asked that.
Q: Why didn't you perform abortions?
Howard: Because we don't do them. They don't train residents to do that.
Judy: When we were residents, we were working there basically to get GYN experience because you don't generally do it on hospitalized patients. And then you start to have a practice without having a lot of GYN experience.
Q: Do you have a moral opposition to performing the procedure? I mean, you're both physicians, you at some point —
Howard: I think that's a private matter between the physician and the patient. I don't have a moral problem, but neither of us is trained to do abortions. We're both internists. Internists don't do abortions. ... It would be malpractice if we did.
Q: Would you do them if you'd had the training?
Howard: I've learned long ago not to answer hypothetical questions like that. Both of us chose internal medicine, so we never had to make that choice. I firmly believe in the right to choose. This is a private matter between a doctor and a patient. It's none of the government's business.
This will bite him in the ass if he wins the nomination.
From People Magazine:
Q: Were you both active in Planned Parenthood in Burlington?
Judy: We both worked there, while we were residents, but I wouldn't call it active.
Howard: And no, neither of us ever did an abortion.
Q: Why do you say it that way?
Howard: Because I always get asked that.
Q: Why didn't you perform abortions?
Howard: Because we don't do them. They don't train residents to do that.
Judy: When we were residents, we were working there basically to get GYN experience because you don't generally do it on hospitalized patients. And then you start to have a practice without having a lot of GYN experience.
Q: Do you have a moral opposition to performing the procedure? I mean, you're both physicians, you at some point —
Howard: I think that's a private matter between the physician and the patient. I don't have a moral problem, but neither of us is trained to do abortions. We're both internists. Internists don't do abortions. ... It would be malpractice if we did.
Q: Would you do them if you'd had the training?
Howard: I've learned long ago not to answer hypothetical questions like that. Both of us chose internal medicine, so we never had to make that choice. I firmly believe in the right to choose. This is a private matter between a doctor and a patient. It's none of the government's business.
