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Published - Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Anti-Christian discrimination
Recently a prominent member of the Illinois Catholic Medical Association did a study on medical school admissions committees. It was learned that many admissions committees ask questions to learn about the student candidate’s views on abortion as well as the student’s degree of religious leanings.
Students were asked what they would do in certain clinical situations involving pregnancy to ascertain the student’s views on abortion. The result of the study shows that students who express anti-abortion sentiment were much less likely to be admitted to medical school.
A female student who was first in her undergraduate class at Georgetown University with medical school admission test scores near perfect was denied admission. At her interview she was asked about her stance on abortion indirectly by answering clinical situation questions. In the interview notes the committee commented on her strong “Christian” beliefs, the word “Christian” being in quotation marks as though it was a sinister word.
The conclusion is that if your son or daughter has strong “Christian” beliefs and expresses pro-life leanings then his or her chance of being admitted to medical school here in America is at a disadvantage. The academic medical establishment in the United States at many medical schools appears to prefer pro-abortion candidates without strong Christian beliefs.
As in age, gender and sexual orientation discrimination, legislation will be required to protect the rights of Christian and pro-life young people from being trampled upon by medical school admissions committees and residency program directors.
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