Posted on 02/27/2009 10:25:07 AM PST by mojito
President Barack Obama wants to rescind a Bush administration rule that strengthened job protections for doctors and nurses who refuse for moral reasons to perform abortions.
A U.S. Health and Human Services official said Friday the administration will publish notice of its intentions early next week, opening a 30-day comment period for medical groups and the public. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the notice has not been completed.
The Bush administration instituted the rule in its last days, and it was quickly challenged in federal court by several states and medical organizations. As a candidate, President Barack Obama criticized the regulation and campaign aides promised that if elected, he would review it.
Abortion is one of the most divisive issues in American public life. Democrats tend to favor abortion rights while Republicans tend to oppose abortion.
The news that Obama was reviewing the rule drew praise from abortion-rights supporters and condemnation from groups opposed to abortion.
"It would be a horrible move. These regulations were a long time coming," said Tom McClusky, a vice president at Family Research Council. "What they seek to do is protect patients, nurses, doctors and other health care professionals from being forced to violate their consciences."
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Pro-choice does not apply to anybody who is pro-life.
Thought you knew that.
At what point do we grab the pitch forks?
What will they do to a Dr. that refuses to do an abortion?
Jail? Fine? License? Just what?
Then they came for the Doctors.
Obama == SATAN
Under “OBAMACARE” will doctors who refuse to perform abortions be blacklisted and possibly forced out on threats of no pay?
Mr. Bring the Country Together is working hard.
God weeps for His defenseless little ones.
“Mr. Bring the Country Together is working hard.”
It may happen yet...Jimmy Carter did it, and he is twice the man this mutt is...
Or, are people forced to learn how to perform abortions during OBGYN training?
“Under “OBAMACARE” will doctors who refuse to perform abortions be blacklisted and possibly forced out on threats of no pay?”
What do they do in obama’s country? In MY country, this would never happen...
Maybe this will motivate some of those who believe in the sanctity of life to drop out and enter the medical black market.
There’s going to be a great underground demand for doctors and nurse once socialized suicide becomes the standard for medical care.
Not surprised. Obamanazis will shut down all dissent.
I have a feeling His tears will turn wrath...
...soon.
I want him to tell his daughters he is killing babies.
“Now, my friends have a hard time understanding (and I have a hard time arguing) that besides the few doctors that later on turn against abortion why someone who sought out how to learn how to perform an abortion would not do one for moral reasons.”
I know how to hunt and fish but gave it up because I no longer wanted to kill them. No big moral crisis, just my own decision. I still target shoot, but do not hunt. Why is it hard to argue someone having a change of heart about something?
Don’t you know that these doctors and nurses are not exhibiting a conscious, they are oppressing women and forcing them to be slaves to the parasite fetus they have the misfortune of having growing inside them?
Doctors need to unite and fight this as a group.
Because they will shoot back that this probably only represents a small number of doctors who used to perform abortions. Keep in mind, these are the kind of people who argue that the threat of a pregnancy inducing rape (and not forcing the girl to go through the trama of proving she was raped) is reason enough to keep abortion on demand legal.
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