Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for March 16, 2012
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Transcript:
Doctor: Miss, to help you make an informed decision, the Texas GOP requires you to have an intimate encounter with your fetus. Accordingly, by law, I am required to discuss the physical features of your fetus in real time. Okay, let's see. That dot there could be a lung, but don't hold me to it. And that's a leg, and that speck may be genitals. Shall I describe its hopes and dreams? Patient: If it wants to be the next Rick Perry, I've made up my mind.
Trudeau is letting his fancy run wild. When has a doctor ever dealt with “hopes and dreams”? Doctors are tethered to the practical world of medical choices and consequences.