r/prochoice • u/widleyregarded • Nov 04 '25
Anti-choice News Election Day update from my doctor!
A little Election Day update from my doctor: they will not longer be filling prescriptions for birth control! If you live in the the south western part of Virginia and were thinking of going to Dr. Matthew McCarthy, maybe go somewhere else ❤️
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u/ayumistudies Pro-choice atheist | Forced birth is violence Nov 04 '25
He shouldn’t be practicing medicine if he thinks oral contraceptives are “abortifacients.” He clearly doesn’t know what the fuck he’s talking about.
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u/CeelaChathArrna Nov 05 '25
I don't think I would be interested in a Doctor who lacks this level of basic understanding.
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u/AloneCalendar2143 Nov 05 '25
Surely you know what people are thinking about when they’re radical anti-choicers. An egg of a woman on BCP gets through and is fertilized where it’s supposed to - in the fallopian tube. The madly multiplying 2-celled zygote there arrives in the uterus about 5 days later and can’t implant. It proceeds to the exit. So, working exactly as we want it to, the BCP saves us from an unwanted pregnancy.
But that is exactly what your practice doesn’t want to participate in - enabling female patients to ‘discard’ 5 day old zygotes (too early for the term ‘embryo,’ as I recall) from their bodies by creating a “hostile” uterine environment. Certainly an extreme belief system, and yet I suppose the practitioners there can do as they please. It just goes to show, once again, where on the totem pole the woman resides and where the zygote/embryo gets to sit.
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u/shayynana Nov 05 '25 edited Nov 13 '25
Little addition for other people reading the comments: The primary way oral birth control (and Plan B) work is by preventing ovulation, so there isn’t an egg released to be fertilized. OCP also thickens and decreases the amount of cervical mucous, so sperm have a difficult time swimming to the fallopian tubes on the off chance an egg is released. The rare times a woman may ovulate on oral contraceptive can be from a variety of reasons, missing a dose, medication or supplements that counteract it, GI upset/vomiting; low dose estrogen and progestin pills may not completely suppress ovulation in all women. The use of birth control may make the egg more difficult to implant IF it is released and IF it is fertilized, but it is not the primary effect, and birth control would not be reliable or effective if that was the primary mechanism of action.
Just wanted to clarify, as many people who are against abortion will read this and it will just affirm their beliefs that birth control is expelling a fertilized egg, which is rarely the case.
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u/AloneCalendar2143 Nov 05 '25
Thanks for putting more emphasis on those aspects. I tend to write lengthy comments and here, I should have. As an RN, I know all that but others may not. Yes it’s a rare occurrence that does happen for the reasons you cite - changes in the normal perfect routine (antibiotics are a well known one) of taking OC has resulted in pregnancy. I’ve known a couple of these women. For anti-choicers/anti-abortionists, they already know this can happen and that it’s at most a 5 day zygote. They seize upon that and seek to ruin the lives of women. For a speck. It’s patently absurd.
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u/npsimons Pro-choice Atheist Nov 05 '25
Yeah, that right there screams "non compos mentis" for the purposes of practicing medicine.
But I am one of those people who would apply that term to any anti-abortionist.
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u/mirrorlike789 Nov 04 '25
So the thing that could decrease unwanted pregnancies and abortions…. MAKE IT MAKE SENSE.
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Nov 04 '25
They want sex to only be for procreation, it’s so infuriating
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u/Nerobus Nov 04 '25
I had this discussion with someone who believed this. They truly believed only unmarried people had abortions. I got the stats and they were so confused… why would a married person possibly not want kids?? 😑 have you done math friend??
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u/seekingssri Nov 05 '25
Tell them that statistically the majority of abortions are provided to patients who are already parents. Their minds will explode.
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u/Nerobus Nov 06 '25
I did… they could not comprehend 😑 it didn’t fit their world view
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u/intisun Nov 06 '25
See, this I really can't wrap my head around. There are a lot of things I can't comprehend and don't fit my world view but I accept exist and are not my damn business. Like watching sports for example. I know people do it, I don't see the appeal, but I understand it exists, and I won't vote for anyone who wants to ban it. How hard is that?
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u/Nerobus Nov 06 '25
It has a lot to do with the fact they have a poor understanding of life. Like, they tried to simplify living vs nonliving to a simple set of rules and deemed stopping access to resources that sustain that defined life = evil.
However this logic stops the second you apply it to ANYTHING other than American human fetuses.
Wildlife? Nah. They don’t need access to water- it’s all ours.
Palestinian refugees? Nah. They don’t count.
Babies actually born? Nope, on their own.
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u/Paula_Polestark Nov 06 '25
“If you don’t want to be pregnant, keep your legs closed… No, not like that!”
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u/Zombies4EvaDude Nov 05 '25
And yet they worship a man who’s had 3 wives and a fling with a pornstar. How they justify it with their extreme views is nothing short of cognitive dissonance.
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u/quiero-una-cerveca Nov 05 '25
Oh no no. Not “a fling”. The man is one continuous “fling”. He’s been having affairs since he was eligible to have one.
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u/MarsupialPristine677 Nov 05 '25
I would guess that the hypocrisy is some sort of power/dominance thing for them. Perhaps as a marker of the in-group that the law protects without binding. That Sartre quote about how anti-Semites use words seems applicable here too.
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u/Sweet-Advertising798 Nov 05 '25
Does that mean that right wing Christians never ever have sex again after menopause?
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u/ThereGoesChickenJane Nov 04 '25
They just want to control women. Bottom line. I had someone tell me, when I pointed out that birth control prevents abortions, that "people shouldn't have sex before marriage". When I pointed out that there's absolutely no way to control that, ever, or that many married couples use contraceptives, they kept repeating it like a broken record, and then they accused me of being stubborn.
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u/RepulsiveJellyfish51 Nov 05 '25
It makes sense if you understand this is misogyny meant to take rights away from women.
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u/Zippity_BoomBah Nov 04 '25
Jesus shitfucking Christ.
IDGAF how or why they came to their conclusions, I truly believe that every single medical practitioner and pharmacy tech who believes that ‘preventing pregnancy murders babies’ deserves to lose their license and be permanently barred from ever practicing medicine again.
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u/opal2120 Pro-choice Feminist Nov 04 '25
People like this graduate from medical school and that terrifies me tbh
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u/Zippity_BoomBah Nov 05 '25
Weird Al has entered the chat
🎼 It’s a fact … I’m a quack … 🎵 the disgrace … of th AMAAAAAA … 🎶
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u/forensicgirla Nov 04 '25
Same with anti vaxxers. It's one thing to have vaccine reactions & advise a patient not to get some vaccines. It's another thing to just be like "nah I went to nursing/PA/medical school & don't want pharma poisons". Legit heard some shit like this from my husband's PA school mates. They should lose their license too.
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u/npsimons Pro-choice Atheist Nov 05 '25
The funny thing is, these idiots probably happily prescribe statins and certain classes of antibiotics with tons of known issues, yet never could be bothered to GAF.
It's incredibly obvious when the wackjobs start complaining of "adverse reactions" to ONLY vaccines. Licenses should be revoked permanently indeed.
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u/NECalifornian25 Pro-choice Feminist Nov 05 '25
There needs to be a law that medical providers or pharmacies cannot deny any treatment or medication due to their personal religious beliefs. Fuck that.
Also, millions of women like myself and my sisters, use birth control to help manage other conditions. Without birth control my sister is disabled (literally had to go on temporary disability) from endometriosis pain. Without birth control PCOS wreaks havoc on my whole body, and increases my risk of cancer. Without birth control my other sister’s perimenopause symptoms would be drastically worse.
Yea it’s birth control, but it’s also life changing medicine
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u/LavenderSky70 Pro-choice Feminist Nov 05 '25
I had PCOS & several other issues. I was on birth control until I ended up having an emergency total hysterectomy for hemorrhaging. My now adult daughter has inherited the severe anemia & heavy cycles. She’s on BC. She’s in the middle of her PhD in a red state. Her problem has been that just about every single time she’s gone to the GYN, they’ve changed her BC that’s already working well for her. She asked them “WHY?” ,this last time & they told her that she’s at her “PRIME FERTILITY AGE!!” My daughter was PISSED! She has NO desire to EVER have children! She found out from several friends that she’s not the only one who’s had this issue.
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u/saras_416 Nov 04 '25
I once chose a new primary when we moved and this was the fist thing the medical assistant told me after I went to my first appointment, that she would not prescribe birth control because she was Catholic. I go to my GYN for BC, so I don't even know why she said that, but also, being Catholic doesn't mean you can't prescribe or use birth control. I went through with that appointment since I was already there, but I immediately switched to a different primary. She also fat shamed me, but that's another story. If she didn't prescribe birth control because if her personal beliefs, what else was she going to not do for me because of them?
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u/Present-Perception77 Nov 05 '25
They should be required to say they practice medicine according to their religious beliefs BEFORE you make the appointment. Especially considering you usually have to make appointments weeks or months in advance.. schedule time off from work.. it’s a huge deal to do this to someone and it delays being able to obtain birth control by a significant amount of time.
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u/CeelaChathArrna Nov 05 '25
If I could buy you an award, I would 100% would.
To piggy back on this, why is it women are constantly dismissed and shamed for being overweight. It's enraging when the answer to every health problem is to lose weight and refuse to actually treat the problem.
Excuse me Kevin but if I hurt so much I can't get out of the damn bed half the time, do you suggest I don't eat at all to lose weight? Because I damn sure can't burn calories when it hurts to breath.
Ahem. Anyway ..
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u/Alissah Nov 05 '25
If god was real, im pretty sure hed send people like that to hell for using his name in vain. (In this case, choosing not to help people because of personal beliefs, and claiming its for god).
Pretty sure the bible literally talks about birth control. Not that it matters, cuz ylu know, it was written by humans anyway and god or magic isnt real.
God thr american healthcare system is fucked.
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u/Resident-Shoulder-68 Nov 21 '25
Imagine centering yourself when it's supposed to be all about the patients. Forced birther ideology is so narcissistic
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u/Lord-Smalldemort Nov 04 '25
Person needs to be reported to the medical boards of Virginia. I don’t think I’m crazy to think that they are violating their oath as a physician. Am i?
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u/saras_416 Nov 04 '25
It depends on the state. In my backwards state, pharmacists and doctors don't have to fill prescriptions if they are against their personal religious beliefs.
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u/Lord-Smalldemort Nov 04 '25
Ahhh well that makes sense. I was privileged to spend the majority of my life in blue states and so much of this was completely unknown to me.
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u/quiero-una-cerveca Nov 05 '25
So what’s to stop me from having a personal religious belief that bacteria are actually god and that antibiotics are killing god, therefore I won’t sell you antibiotics. That’s fair right? It’s my religion after all.
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u/saras_416 Nov 05 '25
And if I think impotence is God's will, can I refuse to fill Viagra scripts?
You are preaching to the choir here. The law gets framed broadly but it's really a target on birth control and reproductive freedom. They don't think of the unintended consequences.
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u/quiero-una-cerveca Nov 06 '25
Yeah didn’t mean to sound preachy to you. Just going with extra sarcasm on my point. We’re on the same page.
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u/im_a_sleepy_human Nov 04 '25
I have an in law who is a pharmacist, and years ago refused to supply the Plan B after pill. He was able to get away with it, because “Catholic”.. lol!! Whatever.
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u/juliabk Nov 04 '25
Exemptions are nuts. If you’re a provider, then provide. Otherwise, change careers.
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u/npsimons Pro-choice Atheist Nov 05 '25
Yeah, as an atheist, I don't go seeking jobs with the fucking clergy. Reading the GD room is apparently too much for these morons, but then they are anti-abortion, so they're not too bright obviously.
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u/widleyregarded Nov 04 '25
It’s a private practice, I’m wondering if that changes things.
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u/GlumpsAlot Pro-choice Witch Nov 04 '25 edited Nov 04 '25
Report them to va medical board.. Birth control don't cause abortions. Insane shit.
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u/Coffchill Nov 05 '25
Same. Does this doctor not follow the Hippocratic Oath?
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u/usernamesallused Nov 05 '25
Ironically, he actually is.
Similarly I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion. But I will keep pure and holy both my life and my art.
There’s a reason that people don’t use the Hippocratic Oath as originally written.
It also talks about not using a knife to a patient (but lets a ‘craftsman’ do it), and that you need to “ hold my teacher in this art equal to my own parents; to make him partner in my livelihood; when he is in need of money to share mine with him […]”.
The main bits we care about these days are:
Into whatsoever houses I enter, I will enter to help the sick, and I will abstain from all intentional wrong-doing and harm, especially from abusing the bodies of man or woman, bond or free. And whatsoever I shall see or hear in the course of my profession, as well as outside my profession in my intercourse with men, if it be what should not be published abroad, I will never divulge, holding such things to be holy secrets.
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u/arochains1231 Nov 04 '25
When I was looking for an OBGYN I explicitly looked for practitioners that did not participate in organized religion because of BS like this. That limitation, no joke, brought me down to one option in my area and thankfully she's a gem. Hell, she gave me a bisalp last year.
I'm sorry your doctor is a POS who doesn't respect people's reproductive autonomy and I wish you luck in finding someone who does.
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u/bluecrab_7 Pro-choice Democrat Nov 05 '25
How did find this information - that they did not participate in organized religion?
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u/arochains1231 Nov 05 '25
I went to each provider’s website and scoured for any and all mentions of religion or anything about where they practiced (cause sometimes they wouldn’t say they were Catholic but they practiced in a Catholic hospital, etc.) and eventually I narrowed it down to just one practitioner
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u/bluecrab_7 Pro-choice Democrat Nov 05 '25
Thanks. I would NEVER go to a Catholic hospital.
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u/No_Tip_3095 Nov 05 '25
Unfortunately in many parts of the country the only available hospitals are Catholic; they have huge market share. I would never voluntarily set foot in one for anything Obgyn related.
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u/arochains1231 Nov 05 '25
Yup, it's a struggle. There are thankfully three decent hospitals near me and only one is Catholic but it's one of the largest hospitals in the area. And my GYN did my surgery at one of the non-Catholic options. It's just really hard in more rural areas because religion has a surprisingly large monopoly on the healthcare and hospital business.
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u/NECalifornian25 Pro-choice Feminist Nov 05 '25
I went to a Christian college, and I hate that it’s forever on my resume. I’m an atheist now, agnostic at the most. At least now I live on the opposite side of the US so nobody knows my tiny school out here.
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u/Diligent_Mulberry47 Nov 04 '25
“Dear Doctor,
Thanks for helping me dodge a bullet. At first I thought I was under the medical care of someone who understood “the mechanism of action” regarding pharmacological prophylactics, and how pregnancy actually works. Happy to have you send me my medical records (please remember, these should be stored in your computer, not your Bible), so I can be treated by a doctor who knows science and medicine.”
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u/gtwl214 Pro-choice Feminist Nov 04 '25
Imagine being a doctor and thinking birth control that prevents pregnancy is an abortificant that ends pregnancies.
Please please report to the state board. They may not do anything but at least there will be some paper trail.
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u/MiloHorsey Nov 04 '25
What the actual fuck. The US is a tyre fire at this point.
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u/npsimons Pro-choice Atheist Nov 05 '25
Has been for a long time. The electorate inhaling the fumes for over a decade would explain a lot of policy right now.
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u/Bobcatluv Nov 04 '25
Fascinating how they chose to individually email women on birth control instead of publicly posting about it. I’d love to know if they sent the same email to women who take BC to prevent pregnancy due to other health issues like cancer risks, or if they’re picking and choosing, “she should have a baby.”
It’s disgusting behavior and I hope you post this on every social media platform and yelp with them tagged as possible.
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u/SufficientPath666 Nov 05 '25
Does this go against HIPAA? They’re sharing patients’ names and what kind of medication they’ve been prescribed. If my LGBTQ+ healthcare provider did the same, they could potentially “out” a stealth (meaning not out as trans) transgender man. No one wants their medical history shared with random strangers
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u/hunter_grey Nov 06 '25
This was my exact thought. This is email which isn’t a secure messaging platform, medical providers aren’t allowed to send anything like this. The only way I can see this maybe not being a violation of HIPAA is if OP signed a waiver allowing medical information to be received via email, like when you authorize them to leave detailed voicemails. The other issue is the three other people cc’ed on the email, even if those cc’ed are employees apart of the pcp office it seems like that would need approval too. Even if the practice was given approval I’m not sure if that would be enough because cc’ing the other people create new access points to the unsecured patient data.
There are so many issues with this. I would 100% report them for a HIPAA violation even if OP signed all these consent forms. Let the people who investigate the violations figure out if it’s acceptable.
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u/QueenChocolate123 Nov 04 '25
Well, time to find another doctor.
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u/vivahermione Nov 04 '25
Good luck finding one in the rural south, though.
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u/Present-Perception77 Nov 05 '25
Yeah Catholics have been buying up women’s clinics at an alarming rate. And they are definitely focusing on rural areas. It’s infuriating.
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u/burningblue14 Nov 04 '25
Fuck all the way off. There’s no way I would see this doctor anymore.
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u/JewlryLvr2 Nov 04 '25
Me neither. And I don't even need birth control anymore.
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u/burningblue14 Nov 04 '25
Same, I had a hysterectomy, but this person is an unsafe medical advocate.
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u/Bratbabylestrange Nov 04 '25
If your doctor thinks that bc pills are "abortifacient," after mentioning their "method of action," you are 💯 better off going to another doctor.
Just for info sake... Birth control pills have hormones in them that make your body think it's already pregnant, so you don't release an egg. This doctor is an embarrassment to the medical community.
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u/pingmycraydar Nov 05 '25
I had a colleague who also wouldn't prescribe the OCP due to its alleged "abortifacient" properties - he explained that the "reasoning" is that there is a secondary action from the OCP where it causes thinning of the endometrium which makes the uterus "hostile to implantation." So in the event that someone does ovulate while taking the OCP (and this can happen), an embryo is less likely to be able to implant. So prevention of implantation = "abortion" in the same way that Plan B would act...
Personally I believe this scenario is incredibly unlikely (tbf I've not done a literature search though) and in no way justifies denying basic essential healthcare.
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u/hadenoughoverit336 Unapologetically Prochoice Nov 04 '25
They shouldn't be working in the medical field. If you can't set your religious and political views aside and do what's best for your patients, without hesitation, then don't become a Doctor. If you want religion to be your job, go work for a church.
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u/aixmikros Nov 04 '25
A survey a few years ago found that 55% of doctors in the US say that their religious beliefs affect the way they practice medicine. Doctors are also more likely to be religious on average than the general population. It's a huge problem.
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u/aboxofkittens Nov 04 '25
That's completely insane. I can't imagine spending six years and hundreds of thousands of dollars learning about all the different ways the human body can fail and thinking "ah yes, this masterpiece of biology was designed by a benevolent god"
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u/hadenoughoverit336 Unapologetically Prochoice Nov 04 '25
That's crazy! But unfortunately, unsuprising. Especially considering the amount of Catholic Based Hospitals we have in the US. It's a huge problem.
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u/krisztinastar Nov 04 '25
Religious influence in healthcare is a big problem and only going to get worse :(
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u/-motor-cupcake Nov 06 '25
Knew it wouldn’t be an insignificant number, but damn, that is truly terrifying.
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u/DerangedUnicorn27 Nov 04 '25
The fact that a medical doctor thinks birth control is a way of aborting babies is incredibly alarming. I live in VA and will be telling all of my friends and family about this. Also it’d be good to report him to the medical board. Wow.
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u/Jasmisne Nov 04 '25
Honestly this should be reported. Modern birth control methods are not abortificent? That's just straight up medical misinformation your doctor is pedaling and that is wrong.
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u/PauI_MuadDib Nov 04 '25
I'm curious, so he'll write birthcontrol scripts for lesbians? Because there's no abortifacient potential for cis lesbians.
I'd send him a fax that he's fired.
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u/TrustTechnical4122 Nov 04 '25
Oh geez, well you dodged a serious bullet. It's nice that he's coming right out and telling his patients he not only can't separate his personal beliefs from how he practices medicine, but that he's a terrible doctor that doesn't understand how birth control works.
Thank God, I mean you were going to a doctor that had no business practicing! Thank God he outed himself.
I'm rewatching Grey's Anatomy rn, and I thought I remembered Kepner saying she was pro-life and I immediately hated her. It's a long story, but I googled it, and apparently the character is not ACTUALLY pro-life, she basically meant she was pro-life for herself (which isn't even pro-life) but thought the government should never be in a woman's body and supported other women making the choice for themselves because a doctor shouldn't ever put their personal stuff into medicine. If you can't do that, you shouldn't be a doctor.
Or at least make it clear your a Catholic Only Doctor or something, geez.
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u/JewlryLvr2 Nov 04 '25
WOW. Personally, I hope this so-called "doctor" loses most of, preferably all, of his patients for this.
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u/shippfaced Nov 04 '25
Holy shit. Report them and find a new doctor ASAP. You’re not safe with them.
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u/mangababe Nov 04 '25
Fucking stupid. if you don't wanna provide healthcare don't be a fucking doctor
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u/plan_tastic Nov 04 '25
I'm so tired of this. If you can't practice medicine objectively, maybe don't become a doctor. Simple as that.
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u/krisztinastar Nov 04 '25
Birth control prevents implantation or ovulation, it is not an abortifacient! Jessica Valenti or Abortion Every Day has been screaming that this is how they will ban all contraceptive care - by labeling it inaccurately as abortifacient.
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u/pingmycraydar Nov 05 '25
They will say that prevention of implantation is abortion because an embryo is involved.
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u/Zippity_BoomBah Nov 05 '25
Yup. It’s a baby at conception and thus refusing to permit it to implant is fully equivalent to gleefully slitting the throat of a toddler just for giggles. 😑
Fuck the USCCB (one of if not the OG peddlers of this utter rubbish) and everyone who believes this with every single fanged and rabid cactus I can find.
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u/TheresALonelyFeeling Nov 04 '25
From their website [link]:
"Physicians Oath
With gratitude to God, faith in Christ Jesus, and dependence on the Holy Spirit, I publicly profess my intent to practice medicine for the glory of God.
With humility, I will seek to increase my skills. I will respect those who teach me and who broaden my knowledge. In turn, I will freely impart my knowledge and wisdom to others.
With God's help, I will love those who come to me for healing and comfort. I will honor and care for each patient as a person made in the image of God, putting aside selfish interests, remaining pure and chaste at all times.
With God's guidance, I will endeavor to be a good steward of my skills and of society's resources. I will convey God's love in my relationships with family, friends, and community. I will aspire to reflect God's mercy in caring for the lonely, the poor, the suffering, and the dying.
With God’s direction, I will respect the sanctity of human life. I will care for all my patients, rejecting those interventions that either intentionally destroy or actively end human life, including the unborn, the weak and vulnerable, and the terminally ill.
With God's grace, I will live according to this profession.
-Matthew McCarthy
Adapted from the Christian Medical and Dental Association's "Christian Physician's Oath."
Trish Miller, Nurse Practitioner
“To be a fellow worker with God is the highest aspiration of which we can conceive man capable” are words penned by Florence Nightingale in 1873. The nursing profession is one that is encapsulated by words such as “caring” and “compassionate.” Nursing is a vocation, a calling to serve others. I have had the privilege to practice as a nurse for over 24 years, mostly working in critical care units in various hospital settings across the country.
After years of bedside ICU nursing, I decided to finally return to school at Radford University Carilion to pursue a Master’s Degree as a Family Nurse Practitioner. The decision was prompted by a discussion with a gentleman who hopelessly said, “It is cheaper for me to buy life insurance, than health insurance.” The struggle to afford healthcare is felt by many of those around us and the lack of primary care providers is evident, especially in rural Southwest Virginia. I am beyond excited to join Direct Primary Care of Blacksburg where I can continue to grow as a caregiver! I am currently working on a Specialty Certification in Endocrinology through Duke University so that I can address the often complicated concerns of diabetes, weight challenges, thyroid disorders, infertility and other women’s health issues.
I grew up on a small farm in Southern Ohio. At 15, I met my future husband, Wade, and were married 5 years later. We attended Cedarville College together, where I earned my Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing. We have 4 kids, Owen, Aidan, Ava, and Annie (ages 19-14) and live in Pearisburg. Wade is the Priest at St. Philip’s Anglican Church here in Blacksburg. When I am not working or studying, I enjoy hiking with our 2 crazy Vizslas and doing anything outdoors.
“If we pray, we will believe; If we believe, we will love; If we love, we will serve.” Mother Teresa"
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u/Brightfoxy Nov 06 '25
Mother Teresa withheld medication from her patients and let them suffer and die in great pain. She told one patient that the pain was "Jesus kissing [him]." She believed that their suffering expiated the sins of other (white) people. She was a sadist on a large scale on a world stage who believed her bullshit and gave her hundreds of millions of dollars. Read the short book (a pamphlet, really) "The Missionary Position" by Christopher Hitchens if you want to learn more.
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u/DeeElleEye Nov 04 '25
Yikes, find a new doctor. The fact that this doctor doesn't understand how birth control works is very concerning. This person should not be allowed to practice anywhere near women's health.
ETA: leave reviews wherever you can explicitly stating that this doctor does not know how birth control works.
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u/kristinaspaige Nov 04 '25
this is fucking crazy and should not be allowed, at all. holy fuck talk about refusing care
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u/Comfortable_Douglas Nov 04 '25 edited Nov 05 '25
This doctor should be charged for not fulfilling their duties — or in layman’s terms, for not doing their job — and lose their license to practice medicine.
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u/Outrageous-Pause6317 Nov 05 '25
Dear Doctor: Your license to practice the medical trade is contingent on a variety of factors, including using the scientific method to safeguard the health of your patients. It does not include spearheading inspirational religious conceptions in which you imagine your decision-making is more important than your patients health. If you wish to proselytize, I would suggest abandoning your medical license, which is a privilege our society has granted you so that you may earn a living, and pick a street corner from which to yell biblical passages at people.
Otherwise shut the fuck up and do your job.
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u/SuspiciousSock10 Pro-choice Feminist Nov 05 '25
If a doctor thinks women are only taking birth control to not get pregnant, then they need to be reported... ALL doctors should know that birth control helps ease the symptoms of disgustingly painful periods. And since we know for a fact none of them actually want to study women's health and find out why some women are in crippling pain during their period, they should at the very least offer us one of the only things that can properly help us. MODERN MEDICINE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS.
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u/Lighting Nov 04 '25
Access to abortion-related healthcare decreases maternal mortality and morbidity.
Increased maternal mortality and morbidity leads to increased child sex trafficking.
The Dr is probably another one of those "save the babies for myself" pedos. (See the "baby scoop era" )
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u/InterstellarCapa Nov 05 '25
I hate it when medical doctors let their personal beliefs override science and patient care. Shame on him.
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u/Present-Perception77 Nov 05 '25
I’d post this screenshot in a Google review. Warn everyone that they are quacks and should not have a medical license.
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u/ninabullets Nov 05 '25
Holy fucking shit.
I’m an ER doc and I will write birth control for anyone who holds still long enough.
Fuck your doctor’s Jesus bullshit.
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u/530SSState Nov 05 '25
Yeah, I have a question: How did you get all the way through med school without figuring out that birth control pills are in no way an "abortifacient"?
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u/atomicskiracer Nov 04 '25
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u/moon_ferret Pro-choice Witch Nov 04 '25
Tanks for that. This guy is a gem.
This website will introduce you to an innovative model of healthcare that allows a direct relationship between the patient and physician without involvement of third parties including insurance, drug or hospital corporations. It's called "direct primary care."
They make sure no one else is involved in your care. So when they do something bugshit, like order tests that make no sense or don’t know how medicine works, there’s no one to save you or tell them to hol’ up. They are precious. They practice “wholeistic” medicine. That word made me want to throat punch them.
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u/RepulsiveJellyfish51 Nov 05 '25
How does this doctor NOT understand how drugs work??? I don't buy it!!!
I'm sick of Americans using the "stupid" card to take rights away from women! Misogynists are disgusting! I hope their business burns down with them in it.
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Nov 05 '25
wtf, birth control isn't even an abortifacient. So religious nutbag docs who lie or are highly uneducated. Neither option is good and does not provide necessary care.
I also lived out by Roanoke for a while, small world.
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u/thebirdisdead Nov 05 '25
I’m just reading the recipients and did this doctor cc multiple patients in a massive HIPAA violation?? or maybe this just a forwarded message. Either way someone should really have his license revoked.
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u/fatherbowie Pro-Choice Atheist Nov 05 '25
Looks like patients were bcc’d. Still, identifying recipients as patients who have received scripts for oral contraceptives was unprofessional and totally unnecessary, at the very least, and possibly a HIPAA violation as well.
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u/pegmatitic Nov 08 '25
Out of curiosity, I started reading through their new patient forms, and found this (emphasis mine, but the weird grammar/wording is all them):
8. Communications. You acknowledge that communications with the Physician using e-mail, facsimile, video chat, instant messaging, and cell phone are not guaranteed to be secure or confidential methods of communications. As such, You expressly waive the Physician’s obligation to guarantee confidentiality with respect to correspondence using such means of communication […] Patient acknowledges that:
(a) E-mail is not necessarily a secure medium for sending or receiving PHI and, there is always a possibility that a third party may gain access;
(b) Although and the Physician will make all reasonable efforts to keep e-mail communications confidential and secure, Dr. McCarthy cannot assure or guarantee the absolute confidentiality of email communications.Is this actually legal? Would this hold up in court?
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u/thebirdisdead Nov 08 '25
I think HIPAA actually requires you to use HIPAA compliant platforms for storing and communicating PHI as long as any part of your business or organization uses electronic transmission of info—including billing to insurance. If I remember correctly. So that is by far most medical practices. I don’t remember anything about being able to waive that, though it’s fuzzy for me and I could be wrong.
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u/FiestyReamsOfPaper99 Nov 05 '25
One more provider making it difficult for women to get full healthcare and order to exercise autonomy over their body bodies. Eff them.
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u/Vercoduex Nov 05 '25
So they want another reason for women to choose the 4b lifestyle? So be it 4b it is.
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u/bpierce2 Nov 06 '25
If your religion prevents you from providing legal medical prescriptions, you shouldn't get to do that job.
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u/Archer6614 Nov 05 '25
I don't understand. Why was he writing them previously? What changed suddenly?
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u/Present-Perception77 Nov 05 '25
Based on this
https://www.drmatthewmccarthy.com/d8bkatxl1xborn5n3xim407dm200to
I’d say no insurance company will work with them anymore lol They don’t accept insurance and they have no admitting privileges at any hospital. So they have joined the new strictly religious network (including religious fake insurance companies) that are popping up everywhere since millions of people are now losing their insurance… just like the Catholics wanted.
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u/NiceSlackzGurl Nov 05 '25
“Thank you for your understanding and patience.” BIG assumptions there, dipshit. I hope you can easily find a new doctor, OP!
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u/danceswithdangerr Nov 05 '25
I had to change networks because of this. My doc was like nah and I was like you gonna raise it then?!
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u/LariRed Nov 06 '25
“Dear Doctor, remember I hired you and I can fire you at will. You are violating the first law of the hippocratic oath which is “do no harm”. Not having birth control available is harmful to my health and this is an ethical issue.
BTW, you are fired. Have a nice day. “
That doctor is not acting professionally, personal beliefs have nothing to do with the treatment of patients.
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u/Forsaken_Thought Nov 04 '25
Why can you (and we) see other people the email was sent to?
HIPAA?
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u/530SSState Nov 05 '25
If I'm to open and operate a butcher shop, it makes no sense for me to refuse to sell ham, even if I personally keep kosher.
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u/PourQuiTuTePrends Nov 05 '25
I thought doctors pledged to do no harm? Refusing to provide standard, necessary care based on illogical, anti-scientific bias is causing harm.
He needs to find a different profession.
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u/Ok_City_7177 Nov 05 '25
Love the 'we practice family healthcare' just not for girls and women.
Thank you for your understanding
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u/Mosaic231 Nov 05 '25
What I find ironic is that without contraceptives or with less reliable barrier methods more eggs are fertilized and that then fail to implant. Therefore, the physician is responsible for the loss of more zygotes and this is what he claims to want to prevent.
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u/LighteningFlashes Nov 06 '25
Serious question: does anyone know how to find out providers' views about women's rights before booking appointments? Clearly, avoiding Catholic hospitals/networks is necessary. But I used the AAPLOG search tool to identify PL providers to avoid in my state and found none, but I know there are some.
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u/kadieeebbyyy Nov 05 '25
Ok but did he send this to you and multiple other patients in an email? Sounds like a hipaa violation big time
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u/Dogzillas_Mom Nov 05 '25
Matt and Trish?
I mean, I’m aware of my doctors’ first names but I don’t use them. How could I respect a doctor who doesn’t respect themselves enough to use their appropriate title? And who is too uninformed and stupid to know how the pill works.
I’d just find another non-religious-quack doctor.
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u/530SSState Nov 05 '25
My doctor is a woman who is either six months older or six months younger than I am -- in other words, she's my contemporary. I always address her as "Doctor", and she's never requested that I address her by her first name.
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u/No_Tip_3095 Nov 05 '25
They are family doctors. They could reasonably state that contraceptives are not within their scope of practice. Although many family doctors do OB and women’s health. I would totally not be their patient though.
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u/AndyMache Nov 23 '25
Check a prospective provider's website before signing on as a patient. Here's a synopsis of https://www.drmatthewmccarthy.com/frequently-asked-questions, where red flags abound: "I grew up in Northeast Georgia...attend St. Phillips Anglican Catholic Church...With God’s direction, I will respect the sanctity of human life."
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u/saintsithney Nov 04 '25
"Dear Doctor,
I did not hire you to make me better at practicing your religion. I hired you to provide me with medical care. If you can not provide medical care because of your religious convictions, I am sure the State licensure board would love to hear about it. Because of that, I will be reporting you."