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U.S. Senator Says He Would Practice Civil Disobedience If Obama Repeals Abortion 'Conscience Clause'
CNSNews.com ^ | March 02, 2009 | Josiah Ryan

Posted on 03/02/2009 4:17:19 AM PST by Man50D

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), who is also an OB/GYN, told CNSNews.com on Friday that many medical practitioners, including himself, will go to prison before agreeing to engage in medical practices they morally oppose, such as abortion.

Earlier that same day, the Obama administration had announced it was “reviewing” a Bush administration regulation known as the “conscience clause.” That Health and Human Services regulation protects health-care workers at federally funded institutions from having to engage in practices that violate their moral or religious beliefs. These practices include performing or referring abortions, performing sterilizations, or giving or receiving training in these practices.

Federal funding is widespread in the health care sector owing to such programs as Medicare, Medicaid, the newly expanded SCHIP insurance program for children, and the many billions in federal funds spent each year on medical research.

The Obama administration’s “review” is considered the precursor to rescinding the regulation.

“I think a lot of us will go to jail,” Coburn told CNSNews.com when asked what would happen if the administration reverses the policy. “Let’s see them prosecute the first one of us for not doing that.”

By that comment, Coburn meant that doctors, himself included, are willing to defy the law before agreeing to perform medical procedures that violate their conscience, a Coburn spokesman clarified.

Coburn spoke to CNSNews.com after he delivered a speech at the annual Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) in Washington, D.C., on Friday.


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Oklahoma
KEYWORDS: abortion; bho2009; bho44; bhoabortion; coburn; conscienceclause; democrats; foca; moralabsolutes; prolife
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To: Reagan69
Some maybe, but he can't jail all of us and with the military mostly of a conservative slant, he'd have a hard time of it... anyway if he tries, he can expect a full fledged, shall we say, tweaking of the nose.
41 posted on 03/02/2009 6:33:58 AM PST by opaque soul
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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe
Unfortunately, even many in the GOP don't understand the criticality of this strategy.

You're right. They murmur apologetically when they should be shouting it out loud and clear. We are actually safer when we're louder.

42 posted on 03/02/2009 7:00:24 AM PST by livius
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To: Man50D

I’m still curious about that big ol’ hug Coburn gave Obama after the speech the other night. You’d have thought they were best buddies.


43 posted on 03/02/2009 7:09:24 AM PST by AuntB (The right to vote in America: Blacks 1870; Women 1920; Native Americans 1925; Foreigners 2008)
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To: concerned about politics

“Abortion controls the number of democrat dependents being born.”

I think about that often.


44 posted on 03/02/2009 7:30:06 AM PST by MayflowerMadam ("Freedom" is just another word for "nothing left to lose".)
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To: Man50D

God bless Tom Coburn.


45 posted on 03/02/2009 7:46:43 AM PST by St. Louis Conservative
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To: MayflowerMadam
"Biblical prophecy says he'll receive a mortal wound to his head, be diagnosed as clinically dead for three days (like Christ), but will still mange to survive. He'll be paralyzed on his right side. He will do everything in his power to see that the people of the world suffer like never before because of it - especially Christians and Jews (because he's Muslim). I think this is prophesied to be late within his first term (near the end)."

Tell me more, I'd like to study up on this.
46 posted on 03/02/2009 7:50:57 AM PST by Free America52 (I just want it to be the way it always has been.)
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To: MarkL
Sometime I think it would help to bring back the Hippocratic Oath, which in its several versions and translations includes the following:

I will prescribe regimens for the good of my patients according to my ability and my judgment and never do harm to anyone.

I will not give a lethal drug to anyone if I am asked, nor will I advise such a plan; and similarly I will not give a woman a means to cause an abortion.

But I will preserve the purity of my life and my arts. ... In every house where I come I will enter only for the good of my patients, keeping myself far from all intentional ill-doing and all seduction and especially from the pleasures of love with women or with men, be they free or slaves.

There ya go. Good old Hippocrates. No nonsensical muslim business about women not showing their bodies or using alcohol gel hand sanitizer, yet it covers most of the major ethical points: first, do no harm; speficially, don't kill patients; don't kill patients' babies; and keep your pants on.

47 posted on 03/02/2009 7:55:05 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o ("The first duty of intelligent men of our day is the restatement of the obvious. " - George Orwell)
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To: Man50D

Coburn has the right idea. It’s time to start taking a stand against the monster we now have as President. Civil disobedience is a logical way to do that.


48 posted on 03/02/2009 7:57:18 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (Let the 2nd American Revolution begin!)
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To: concerned about politics

I’m not convinced Obama is the anti-christ, but if you look at some of the factors surrounding his rise to power (the massive adulation, the sycophant press, the unprecedented power grabs, etc etc) this is one hell of a preview for the real thing.


49 posted on 03/02/2009 8:00:48 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (Let the 2nd American Revolution begin!)
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To: Reagan69
God be with him for taking a stand. I fear all who oppose BO will be in prison by 2012.

Thanfully the world will end a few weeks after Obama's re-election.

50 posted on 03/02/2009 8:20:49 AM PST by FreepShop1 (www.FreepShop.com)
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To: Man50D

You bet your ass if a procedure was against Muslim beliefs they would get a pass!


51 posted on 03/02/2009 8:52:13 AM PST by golf lover
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To: concerned about politics

Please post your proof that the prophesy about the Anti-Christ is fulfilled in Obama. State the exact Bible references-chapter & verse-and state how you know for a fact the references are specific to Obama. Fact is, NO ONE knows who the Anti-Christ will be; not you, not me, not historians, or even “Bible scholars”, NO ONE!!!. You really need to brush up on your Bible knowlege because the Bible states “ No one knows but the Father”. Even the Son does not know...get your facts straight before you post OPINION as FACT.


52 posted on 03/02/2009 9:39:55 AM PST by mta504nola (GeauxLSU)
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To: Man50D

Proves they are not “pro choice” -— as they don’t want doctors to have a “choice.”

Only pro-death.


53 posted on 03/02/2009 9:45:06 AM PST by MeanWestTexan (Beware Obama's Reichstag Fire.)
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To: reagan_fanatic
I’m not convinced Obama is the anti-christ . . .

Neither am I. But I am convinced that his owners are.

54 posted on 03/02/2009 10:04:38 AM PST by Vigilanteman (Are there any men left in Washington? Or, are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
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To: Conservativegreatgrandma

I’m certain Obama will take pleasure in releasing thousands of Barabuses to make room for as many Christians as possible.


55 posted on 03/02/2009 10:05:06 AM PST by mathurine
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Spot on. This is why we need to be afraid.


56 posted on 03/02/2009 10:10:05 AM PST by righting-wrongs
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To: thethirddegree

Several of my pro-life, but horribly uninformed, relatives voted for Obama. I also have some conservative friends who voted for him because they shared the same skin color.

This is the kind of policy which will force these voters to see what they have done. Almost everyone what voted for Obama has someone in their family who works in the medical field. The chickens are coming home to roost.


57 posted on 03/02/2009 10:13:44 AM PST by keats5
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To: Reagan69

God be with him for taking a stand. I fear all who oppose BO will be in prison by 2012.
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You say that as if you are resolved to let that happen. I feel that Americans are better than that. These are dangerous times and admitting defeat before it happens, assures that it will.


58 posted on 03/02/2009 10:14:41 AM PST by mojitojoe (None are more hopelessly enslaved, as those who falsely believe they are free.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

“That’s why we NEED explicit protections for conscience.”

That used to be the First Amendment, which guaranteed us the right to PRACTICE our religions free from government tyranny.

The problem is, we are no longer following the constitution.


59 posted on 03/02/2009 10:16:36 AM PST by keats5
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To: thethirddegree

I don’t think Obama will finish his first term.
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Neither do I. Revolt is inevitable.


60 posted on 03/02/2009 10:16:36 AM PST by mojitojoe (None are more hopelessly enslaved, as those who falsely believe they are free.)
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