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To Doctors and Nurses (Section III- Pastoral Directives, Paragraph 14 of the Human Vitae)

27. Likewise we hold in the highest esteem those doctors and members of the nursing profession who, in the exercise of their calling, endeavor to fulfill the demands of their Christian vocation before any merely human interest. Let them therefore continue constant in their resolution always to support those lines of action which accord with faith and with right reason. And let them strive to win agreement and support for these policies among their professional colleagues. Moreover, they should regard it as an essential part of their skill to make themselves fully proficient in this difficult field of medical knowledge. For then, when married couples ask for their advice, they may be in a position to give them right counsel and to point them in the proper direction. Married couples have a right to expect this much from them.

In this passage, I found it quite interesting how the Pope suggested Doctors/Nurses to be/give the ultimate answers when "married couples" need assistance. The way I read the article, was that there are only two reasons why doctors/nurses are needed: 1) when a MARRIED couple needs assistance and 2) when there is a life to be handled. I see 2 huge issues with that already, one being that single parents, same sex-couples (since they're not married) cannot consult a doctor/nurse for help and that they should not help any one but those who are considered a "married couple." Why is it that "single mothers/fathers" cannot consult doctors/nurses for "direction" and support and "full knowledge"? Is it because their "parenting skills" are lessened by one half with one partner not existing? I would like to see what the Pope says about single/same-sex couples consulting doctors/nurses (unless I missed that somewhere earlier?). Anyhow, it again only pertains to the "married couples" in the end and claims a structured process then and there- that only married couples can use the intelligence and resources of doctors, where other types of couples/parents are not worthy of it. I think it is absolutely wrong and invalid, for there are plenty of reasons for why parents/couples have only 1 provider and many of the time, the reason being for that is because of natural incidents/events.

The other issue I see in this claim is that births and the process of conceiving a baby is supposed to be natural. In certain places of the world and other cultures, consulting a doctor and/or having a baby in a hospital is already considered "un-natural" because of the medicine, the machines, etc. that assist and help make the pregnancy go smoother and less painful. If the Pope preaches for births to be "natural," he should re-consider this passage because I'm sure consulting Doctors will be just as "unnatural" as taking birth control pills. I honestly

Also, not mention that the Pope believes couples should expect the knowledge of Doctors and nurses to excel that of the married couple and that doctors only exist to "make themselves fully proficient in this difficult field of medical knowledge," to help out those "married couples" who need direction and assistance in having this "natural born life." The Pope suggests with this claim that doctors, are essentially the ones who play "God" in the physical/reality of the world, since God cannot be there to assist the bearing of a child. The doctors are those who are to cater to the "married couples." As he mentions in his earlier passage, God is responsible for all creation/existence of life, he has plans for everyone, yet doctors are responsible for the developing/existence of new borns and is the absolute least thing they can provide for parents. I didn't know doctors were playing the role of God too.