"The Dinner Party Test" -- The Revenge of Moral Consciousness

re: Albert Mohler writes, "The Independent [London] has published an amazing report indicating that Britain faces a "crisis" in the availability of abortion. It seems that "an unprecedented number of doctors are refusing to be involved in carrying out the procedure." /As the paper reports, "The exodus of doctors prepared to perform the task is a nationwide phenomenon that threatens to plunge the abortion service into chaos, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) has warned." /This makes sense, of course. Why would doctors -- who dedicate their lives to saving lives -- choose to deploy their medical skills in the service of killing unborn babies? The "crisis" feared by The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists is a crisis of recovered moral consciousness. / One paragraph in the paper's report is too important to miss. Look closely at these words: /Distaste at performing terminations combined with ethical and religious convictions has led to a big increase in "conscientious objectors" who request exemption from the task, the RCOG says. A key factor is what specialists call "the dinner party test". Gynaecologists who specialise in fertility treatment creating babies for childless couples are almost universally revered - but no one boasts of being an abortionist..."...