Tennessee's failed execution ignites a medical ethics debate

OK THIS IS THE LAST ONE I SWEAR, IT IS HONESTLY LIKE ASKING AN ELECTRICIAN TO CUT ALL THE WIRES IN YOUR HOUSE BUT A MILLION TIMES HEAVIER, AND I AM WRECKED RIGHT NOW BUT I CARE ABOUT EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS ROOM, SO LISTEN TO THIS, BACK IN MAY TENNESSEE HAD A BOTCHED LETHAL INJECTION AND IT HAS IGNITED THIS ENTIRE MEDICAL ETHICS DEBATE, SO NOW DOZENS OF ACTUAL TENNESSEE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS HAVE OFFICIALLY TOLD THE GOVERNOR THAT HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS SHOULD NOT HELP WITH EXECUTIONS, EVER, AND THE THING IS THEY SAID NO MATTER WHAT THE METHOD IS, WHICH MEANS DOZENS OF THEM ARE DRAWING A FIRM ETHICAL LINE RIGHT TO THE GOVERNOR. THAT IS THE ACTUAL SITUATION.

THIS IS SO STUPID AND I LOVE IT BECAUSE EVERYBODY GETS THIS COMPLETELY WRONG BY ACTING LIKE THIS IS JUST ABOUT ONE FAILED PROCEDURE, BUT YOU HAVE TO LISTEN BECAUSE I AM SO WORRIED ABOUT EVERYONE TONIGHT, AND THE REALITY IS TENNESSEE HAD A BOTCHED LETHAL INJECTION BACK IN MAY THAT SET OFF A MASSIVE MEDICAL ETHICS DEBATE, SO NOW DOZENS OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WENT STRAIGHT TO THE GOVERNOR TO INSIST HEALTHCARE WORKERS MUST NEVER ASSIST WITH EXECUTIONS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, AND THE THING IS THEY EXPLICITLY STATED THIS HOLDS TRUE NO MATTER WHAT METHOD THE STATE TRIES TO USE, WHICH MEANS A SOLID GROUP OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS HAS DIRECTLY CONFRONTED THE GOVERNOR DEMANDING HEALTHCARE WORKERS REMAIN TOTALLY UNINVOLVED IN EXECUTIONS. THAT IS WHAT THEY TOLD THE GOVERNOR.

Following a botched lethal injection in May, dozens of Tennessee medical professionals told the governor that healthcare workers should never participate in executions.

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