Quote Originally Posted by Thorne View Post
But regardless, this doesn't answer the question: Must the state pay the expense to cater to a person's religious beliefs when local hospitals don't provide this type of surgery? My feeling is no, of course. Not only for religious beliefs but for any other possible personal agendas. Would the state have to pay to transport a patient to a different hospital just because he didn't want black nurses attending him? Hell no! How about when a woman in labor wants a different hospital because the local one doesn't provide free coffee in their birthing rooms? In other words, where do they draw the line?
As for the medical service, I must agree. But I think that is it happens to be within the normal procedure to change something to accomodate something, you should do it.

Out of curiosity I wonder if the procedure that Denuseri describs would satisfy a Jehovah witness person?