Posted on 02/18/2011 11:22:20 AM PST by Free ThinkerNY
The Obama administration rescinded most of a federal regulation Friday designed to protect health workers who refuse to provide care they find objectionable on personal or religious grounds.
The Health and Human Services Department eliminated nearly the entire rule put into effect by the administration of President George W. Bush during his final days in office that was widely interpreted as allowing such workers to opt out of a broad range of medical services, such as providing the emergency contraceptive Plan B, treating gay men and lesbians and prescribing birth control to single women.
Calling the Bush-era rule "unclear and potentially overbroad in scope," the new, much narrower version essentially leaves in place only long-standing federal protections for workers who object to performing abortions or sterilizations. It also retains the Bush rule's formal process for workers to file complaints.
"The department supports clear and strong conscience protections for health-care providers who are opposed to performing abortions," the rule states.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
The next thing the Obama Administration does that I agree with will the first.
NEWS FLASH to DC Retards: Emergency contraception IS ABORTION!!
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I was not aware that doctors and nurses were refusing all care to “gay men” and “lesbians.” What I have been aware of is mental health professionals, in particular, refusing to offer them “gay affirmative therapy” (i.e. how to be a happier sodomite).
Congress needs to step in and extend these protections into Federal law, or at least try to.
“treating gay men and lesbians”
wonder how this will play out with the muslim health workers?
Yeah, did he check with his Muslim handlers about this.
IT’S BEEN DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL!!!
They think if they chip away at some of the things we really hate, then they can just pretend the rest of it is OK
I thought our maximum leader was all in favor of protecting workers. Didn't he just hold a presser on that very subject? /sarcasm.
Wow...that’s ...That’s just another regulation that can be replaced at a later date...another withdrawal, followed by a “add on” regulation. Play it again, Sam.
Sort of like the Executive order on “no Federal funds to be spent on Abortion” ...head fake by Obama.
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Calling the Bush-era rule “unclear and potentially overbroad in scope,” the [new], much narrower version essentially leaves in place only long-standing federal protections for workers who object to performing abortions or sterilizations. It also retains the Bush rule’s formal process for workers to file complaints.
http://www.ofr.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2011-03993_PI.pdf
I was aghast, thunderstruck by the reality of “gay affirmative therapy”. I’ve never heard of it before and appreciate you mentioning it. It boggles my mind the extent in which their depravity knows no bounds, the extremes in which they go to conjure up any meaning to their obscene, contemptible lives.
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