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Obama Starts Process of Removing Doctors' Protections on Abortions
LifeNews.com ^ | February 27, 2009 | Steven Ertelt

Posted on 02/27/2009 7:20:07 AM PST by SErtelt

Washington, DC -- The White House quietly announced on Friday that President Barack Obama is starting the process of overturning protections President Bush put in place to make sure medical staff and centers are not forced to do abortions. The move is the latest that will add to Obama's growing pro-abortion record.

Existing federal laws already make it so doctors and hospitals are not required to perform abortions. Because those laws aren't always followed, the Bush administration added additional protections.

Now, the Obama administration is Starting the process to remove them.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: abortion; agenda; barackobama; bho44; bhoabortion; conscienceclause; doctors; prolife
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To: SErtelt

Culture of death and destruction.

We must stress this over and over, just like they do


61 posted on 02/27/2009 8:25:57 AM PST by devistate one four (Impatiently waiting for the next tea party! Tet '68)
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To: Clump
Culture of death alert. How long will God withhold his wrath?

Right up until we turn on Israel.

62 posted on 02/27/2009 8:27:38 AM PST by Centurion2000 (01-20-2009 : The end of the PAX AMERICANA.)
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To: RetiredArmy
Thanks to my former fellow Americans for electing this scum to office. You are all now my sworn enemies. I will never forgive you for the damage you have done to this Republic.

Nothing like putting a Communist in office makes you regret being part of the Cold War.

"Why the hell did we even bother?" - common thought running through veterans' heads.

63 posted on 02/27/2009 8:29:03 AM PST by Centurion2000 (01-20-2009 : The end of the PAX AMERICANA.)
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To: Mom MD
That is why I am disgusted with with so many of my so-called church leaders (not to mention fellow parishioners). Too many Bishops and Priests are either full fledged liberal activists or cowards. They fear the loss of liberal dollars in the collection plate or their precious tax-exempt status. They are beholden to the government.

The Bishops and Priests who stand up for life are marginalized. Some Priests are effectively “Bish-slapped” if they get to vocal in support of the Pro-Life movement (I know this to be true).

The social justice aspect of Catholic teaching has been perverted to mean Socialism. And Humanea Vite (sp?) is lost in the drive to harbor criminal aliens.

I could go on but I just remembered it's Lent and I am getting rather full of myself. Gotta go and get a fish sandwich.

64 posted on 02/27/2009 8:32:18 AM PST by Never on my watch (What part of Socialism works and what part of Capitalism doesn't?)
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To: Piquaboy

It’s going to be a great day when, after this self-inflicted national nightmare is over, the next president, if Republican, will reverse EVERY one of The Messiahs executive orders and rulings such as this. Just over a month into this gig and he has already pi$$ed off a LOT of people. And he so many enablers that will keep him in office. I add the SCOTUS to that list because they refuse to broach the birth certificate issue. The One is not the president unless or until he provides that, along with his college record for close examination. He is to be considered an illegal alien posing as POTUS until those requirements are met.


65 posted on 02/27/2009 8:38:19 AM PST by NCC-1701 (DRILL NOW. DRILL OFTEN. DRILL 24/7/365. PAY LESS. SUCK THE GROUND DRY.)
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To: PubliusMM
decisions on abortion are best left to the mother

No, sir. Protection of the life God created is our responsibility.

66 posted on 02/27/2009 8:40:07 AM PST by Republic If You Can Keep It
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To: Centurion2000
"Why the hell did we even bother?" - common thought running through veterans' heads.

I got the impression that this was the general sentiment at the last vet's day celebration I was at.

Everything they fought to defeat was just elected by popular majority.

67 posted on 02/27/2009 8:42:27 AM PST by MrB (The 0bamanation: Marxism, Infanticide, Appeasement, Depression, Thuggery, and Censorship)
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To: SErtelt

68 posted on 02/27/2009 8:50:03 AM PST by Iron Munro (Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.)
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To: Centurion2000

It has run through mine about a thousand times a day.


69 posted on 02/27/2009 8:53:03 AM PST by RetiredArmy (Obama's initials stands for: One Big A$$ Mistake Amerika!!)
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To: SErtelt

Wow, how utterly disgusting. Its hard to believe that people so “anti-war” have no trouble murdering babies. At least American soldiers go to war as consenting adults.


70 posted on 02/27/2009 8:53:12 AM PST by Pythia
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To: SErtelt
Added to the list ping

Obama's 5th week in office

The Obama administration is moving to rescind a federal rule that reinforced protections for medical providers who refuse to perform abortions or other procedures on moral grounds, an official said today.(2/27/2009)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/nation/6284437.html

The entire list may be viewed at my profile. This week has so many events, it is too much to post with each item. It is staggering how fast the administration is moving.

71 posted on 02/27/2009 8:58:15 AM PST by Nachum (Obama theme song: Ball of Confusion by the Temptations)
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To: SErtelt

Lord Obama is fine with killing babies, and he’s all for letting old people die, rather than giving them expensive treatments. Where will he go from there? A religion, a race, or people who just don’t agree with him?


72 posted on 02/27/2009 8:59:43 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Hey, Obama! Where's my check?)
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To: prismsinc

To force a doctor or nurse to participate in an abortion procedure that is against that doctor’s or nurse’s religious conscience has to be un-constitutional. It is tantamount to forcing that person to preform an act forbidden by the person’s religious beliefs. There are plenty of other places to get abortions, so we wouldn’t be limiting a woman’s ability to choose death for her baby.

Making a devout Muslim or Jewish federal prisoner eat pork has been ruled by our courts as wrong, isn’t a forced participation in an act equivalent to human killing even more wrong?


73 posted on 02/27/2009 9:10:17 AM PST by RicocheT
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To: SErtelt
In the recent past, doctors had to take the Hippocratic Oath, which included swearing NOT to perform abortions.

These people are nothing if not aggressive. What happens when they come after Catholic hospitals trying to force them to offer abortions? What will the 75% of Catholic bishops who did not speak out last year about abortion during the election do then?

74 posted on 02/27/2009 9:12:00 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: RicocheT

I think in Obama’s world view, the right to an abortion is the highest right of all, superceding any other rights other people might claim.


75 posted on 02/27/2009 9:13:26 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: SErtelt

Doctors do not do abortions butchers do.


76 posted on 02/27/2009 9:19:41 AM PST by Vaduz
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To: Need4Truth
So will Obama what happens to doctors who refuse to perform abortions? Will Obama put them in jail?

Any hospital which grants them privileges will not be able to collect any Medicare or other federal funds, but will still be required to provide Medicare services. To protect themselves, the hospitals will be forced to either close or rescind the doctors' hospital privileges.

77 posted on 02/27/2009 9:50:46 AM PST by nina0113 (Hugh Akston is my hero.)
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To: proudmilitarymrs
What about their oath? Don’t they get to honor their oath?

Many medical schools use a different oath now. My sister-in-law was sworn using a non-abortion-forbidding oath that her class voted for. My brother, already a doctor, swore her privately later with the real one, at her request.

78 posted on 02/27/2009 9:53:51 AM PST by nina0113 (Hugh Akston is my hero.)
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To: Republic If You Can Keep It

I’ll admit to being conflicted over this issue for many, many years. I have a great deal of respect for those who have such moral clarity as you exhibit, on either side of the argument.

There is nothing I can say to sway your opinion; nothing that might happen to make you challenge your position. And, I don’t want to try.

I do, however, admit to being more than a little aggravated by those who use this issue as the single ‘litmus test’ of political candidates, judicial nominees, and the like.

There is a reason God granted us free will.

Thanks for the response.


79 posted on 02/27/2009 9:57:18 AM PST by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. 01-20-2013: Change we can look forward to.)
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To: Bluebird Singing
Is it possible obama is trying to incite a Civil War so he can continue with his Lincoln persona and do all the things Lincoln did (like suspending the writ habeas corpus)?

I'm beginning to honestly believe we may be headed for a split in this country, with say Texas, Oklahoma, and other like minded red states seeking to break away from this repidly becoming cesspool of a nation.

Living in the People's Republic of Illinois, guess I'd better not get too attached to my home, job, etc.

80 posted on 02/27/2009 11:27:43 AM PST by Marathoner (The dream: 1-20-2013, hearing "I, Sarah Heath Palin, do solemnly swear...")
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