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Lawsuit Filed Against Abortion Provision Protecting Health Care Workers Sacramento, CA (LifeNews.com) -- California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, on Wednesday, filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn a new federal law that protects those in the health care industry that don't want to be involved in abortions. Contained in a spending bill signed by President Bush, the Hyde-Weldon provision says that the federal government can't discriminate against doctors, hospitals or health insurance companies that do not want to perform or pay for abortions. As a result, any federal, state or local agency that receives federal money would lose those funds if...

WASHINGTON, December 14, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Yesterday, a pro-abortion association, whose members include Planned Parenthood, announced plans to file a federal lawsuit against the pro-life conscience protection in the newly-enacted federal spending bill, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2005. The National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA) plans to attack the provision, known as the Hyde-Weldon Conscience Protection Amendment, which prohibits discrimination against health care providers who choose not to provide or participate in abortions. "This lawsuit is the height of hypocrisy: A 'pro-choice' group is suing so that health care providers will have no choice but to participate...

All right. Enough of this geek stuff. Back to what matters. [FWIW, there were some technical glitches with Ecumenical Insanity the past day or two -- sionnsar] As if we needed it, here's more proof (via Ted Olsen at Christianity Today Weblog) that many who claim to be pro-choice are actually pro-abortion and anti-choice. The evidence comes from members of Congress upset that the recently passed omnibus spending bill contained this provision: None of the funds made available in this Act may be made available to a Federal agency or program, or to a State or local government, if such...

House Protects Health Care Providers on Abortion, Senate Will BattleThe U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday passed a federal spending bill containing a provision that protects pro-life health care providers who opt against performing or paying for abortions.The Hyde-Weldon anti-discrimination amendment ensures that state and local governments receiving money from the federal Health and Human Services Department cannot discriminate against health care providers that do not perform abortions, pay for abortions, provide insurance coverage for abortions or refer to agencies that perform abortions.The provision covers doctors and other health care professionals, hospitals, insurance companies, and others.Douglas Johnson of the National...