The endorsement came after a few changes in the measure, aimed mostly at protecting doctors who use the procedure.
The law not there to protect the patients, it's there to protect doctors.
Instead, it is used to protect doctors from patients or, rather, from the hard decisions that patient care demands.
Why protect doctors at the expense of victims of malpractice?
A bill that excludes provisions deemed to protect doctors might have little left for consumers.
He called for measures to protect doctors and other hospital staff from such attacks.
Reconfigurations in medical training are now starting to protect doctors, too.
The 1974 law protects doctors who choose not to perform abortions.
Many states have good Samaritan laws that protect doctors from litigation if they help out in emergencies.
The Bergalis family also urged testing of patients to protect doctors.