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White House proposes wide "conscience clause" on abortion, contraception
CWN ^ | 7/17/2008

Posted on 07/17/2008 4:09:20 PM PDT by markomalley

Washington, Jul. 17, 2008 (CWNews.com) - Under a policy proposed by the Bush White House, the US government would require all recipients of federal health-care payments to certify that they do not discriminate against doctors or nurses who refuse to be involved in abortions.

New White House policies, circulated for comment this week, would ask all institutions receiving federal health-care grants to provide written assurance that they will not fire-- or refuse to hire-- health-care personnel who express moral objections to abortion.

The proposed guidelines extend to some abortifacient drugs that are commonly identified simply as contraceptives. They regulation circulated by the White House seeks protection for doctors and nurses who express moral objections to the use of "any of the various procedures — including the prescription, dispensing and administration of any drug or the performance of any procedure or any other action — that results in the termination of the life of a human being in utero between conception and natural birth, whether before or after implantation.”??


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: abortion; bioethics; conscienceclause; contraception; moralabsolutes; prolife
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Good news...if it is able to pass into regulation.
1 posted on 07/17/2008 4:09:20 PM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley

Cool!


2 posted on 07/17/2008 4:10:04 PM PDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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Good news...if it is able to pass into regulation.

The MSM/Libs will do the same mis-information campaign they use on the stem cell taxpayer funding issue... they'll say "Bush proposes ban on abortions".

3 posted on 07/17/2008 4:11:48 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: markomalley

Could be an interesting dilemma for some companies which are located in states which force health care workers to do exactly what the feds say they can’t discriminate against.


4 posted on 07/17/2008 4:12:12 PM PDT by Always Right (Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
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To: markomalley

Oh, the libs ain’t gonna like that at all! They SAY they believe in Freedom of Choice, but it seems that’s ONLY for women to CHOOSE to kill their babies.


5 posted on 07/17/2008 4:12:48 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: Cementjungle
The MSM/Libs will do the same mis-information campaign they use on the stem cell taxpayer funding issue... they'll say "Bush proposes ban on abortions".

Actually, it's worse:

Bush Proposal to Change Abortion Definition

Democrats Argue Bush Administration Changes Would Limit Access to Contraception


6 posted on 07/17/2008 4:15:08 PM PDT by markomalley (Extra ecclesiam nulla salus)
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To: markomalley

Lies all lies.

Bush is a RINO
McCain is a RINO

A vote for Obama is a vote for the unborn!


7 posted on 07/17/2008 4:15:45 PM PDT by Artemis Webb ( OBAMA/HUCKABEE '08)
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To: wagglebee; cpforlife.org

ping for your lists


8 posted on 07/17/2008 4:16:09 PM PDT by markomalley (Extra ecclesiam nulla salus)
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To: Artemis Webb

huh????


9 posted on 07/17/2008 4:21:44 PM PDT by mware (F-R-E-E, that spells free. Freerepublic.com baby)
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To: markomalley

“{Good news...if it is able to pass into regulation. “

Yes, good news. But why wasn’t this down 7 years ago with a Republican held Congress?


10 posted on 07/17/2008 4:25:47 PM PDT by Miles the Slasher
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To: Artemis Webb

You forgot your sarcasm tags.


11 posted on 07/17/2008 4:30:57 PM PDT by vpintheak (Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked. Prov. 25:26)
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To: markomalley

Yes, IF it is passed. I sure hope so. It seems the only protected behavior and/or ideas are the ones that harm people.


12 posted on 07/17/2008 4:32:14 PM PDT by fetal heart beats by 21st day (Defending human life is not a federalist issue. It is the business of all of humanity.)
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The class of 98 never needs sarcasm tags.


13 posted on 07/17/2008 5:32:15 PM PDT by Raycpa
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14 posted on 07/17/2008 5:33:14 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: markomalley

This is as it should be. The government is not in the business of reading people’s souls or interfering with their moral beliefs, though many pinheaded bureaucrats do try. Such a law will clarify the types of limits on government which should be there anyway.


15 posted on 07/17/2008 6:33:53 PM PDT by bioqubit
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To: Artemis Webb

“A vote for Obama is a vote for” KILLING “the unborn!”

I fixed your mistake.


16 posted on 07/17/2008 6:44:41 PM PDT by fetal heart beats by 21st day (Defending human life is not a federalist issue. It is the business of all of humanity.)
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"The class of 98 never needs sarcasm tags."

lol

17 posted on 07/17/2008 6:46:25 PM PDT by Artemis Webb ( OBAMA/HUCKABEE '08)
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To: markomalley

This would be great.Shame we kill our kids in America.I would also like to see President Bush to get us vouchers for schools other than public before he leaves and give the public a real choice.Spoil us a little Mr.President.


18 posted on 07/17/2008 6:49:48 PM PDT by fatima
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This is excellent. I wonder if he tried to do this when he had a Rep. controlled Congress? I don't remember, but I doubt it could pass either house right now?

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19 posted on 07/17/2008 7:21:41 PM PDT by cpforlife.org (A Catholic Respect Life Curriculum is available FREE at KnightsForLife.org)
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To: markomalley

Wow!


20 posted on 07/18/2008 2:46:44 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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