Pediatricians' inquiries about guns in the home could go in the government electronic medical record, too.
It's amazing and appalling to me that, while Roe v. Wade decision centers mainly on
the right to privacy and keeping doctor-patient confidentiality, at the same time leftists want the government single-payer health system and for the government to have all of our medical records with no choice for private care.
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May 09, 2011
WASHINGTON -- The Florida state legislature has passed a bill that would make it illegal for pediatricians and other physicians to ask patients or their parents whether they have guns in their home.
Pediatricians often ask the question at initial well-child visits as a platform to discuss how to safely store guns in the home in order to prevent accidental shootings.
But under the law -- expected to be signed soon by Florida's governor -- doctors would face a $500 fine for inquiring about gun ownership and recording it in a patient's medical record. That fine would increase if a physician asked about guns at more than one visit.
The National Rifle Association (NRA), the main backer of the legislation, says questions about firearms don't belong in the doctor's office.
The association also charges that the American Academy of Pediatrics is pushing an anti-gun agenda and that such questions in a medical setting infringe on patients' Second Amendment rights......"
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