Posted on 02/27/2009 12:36:44 PM PST by tcg
WASHINGTON (Catholic Online) – President Obama has begun quietly to begin the process of overturning regulations that protect doctors and hospitals from being forced to perform or refer abortions. The Chicago Tribune reports that President Obama is directing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to begin overturning the conscience rule that protects medical providers who are pro-life.
This pullback comes only months after the Bush administration strengthened the rule by placing penalties on facilities that subject pro-life doctors, nurses, or other medical workers to discrimination over the issue of abortion.
As with his rescinding of the Mexico City policy a few weeks ago, this move by the President occurred with no fanfare. Instead, the initiative took place at the same time the budget was announced, which drew all the attention.
The administration is calling for a 30 day public comment period. "We believe that this is a complex issue that requires a thoughtful process where all voices can be heard," said one official, who was not authorized to speak on the record, told the Chicago Tribune.
Care Net President Melinda Delahoyde responded to the news by saying, "Our nation's physicians, nurses, and other healthcare providers have the right to practice medicine without violating their conscience.”
To remove these protections is to ultimately remove these individuals of integrity from the field of medicine entirely," Delahoyde said. "That's not an action that we as Americans should be willing to accept."
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Freedom for me, but not for thee!
-—So sayeth the Chancellor.
Apparently, doctors cannot “choose life” under Obama — they must kill.
More proof that Obama has no soul.
Obama really hates the unborn.
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Medical school admissions will be dropping soon . . . IMHO
The man has a dark and corrupt soul. If he’s not the Anti-Christ he is at least anti-Christ. Pray for our country, we’re being led by evil.
A terribly evil man.
He’ll get his . . . one way or another.
Obama's not pro-choice, he's truly pro-abortion. He wants to strip the choice from consciences objectors in the war ravaged against the unborn.
He wants as many as he can get as frequently as he can get them.
This is because Obama has no conscience.
Once again, overreaching will have unintended consequences that “no one could have seen coming” when Catholic hospitals, doctors, nurses, and other healthcare workers who are anti abortion leave the field of womens health care to practice in a place that abortions will not be performed, ie podiatry, proctology, school nurses, geriatrics, etc.
Maybe this is a blessing in disguise as it will force the hand of God, through the faithfulness of his people to leave the profession and have such an upheval that govt will have no choice but to stop forcing this upon us. Womens health care is about to get scary folks.......
Wonder if Nazi Pelosi will protest?
I mean, since the Pope told her about being on the wrong side of Church teaching and all.
Yu Vil perform Abortins
The party of death and destruction!
God, give us the grace to not get discouraged.
Just... Damn...
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