Mr. President, I realize how difficult the concept of a conscience is for someone like you who doesn't seem possessed of one, but seriously: leave the Conscience Provisions alone.
(Briefly, these provisions have been in place for something on the order of 30 years, and they provide protections for medical personnel that enable them to provide treatment on in ways that do not interfere with their principles... that is, these protections enable a pro-life doctor to avoid abortions and so forth.)
Since leftists typically don't have a conscience (After all, "conscience" denotes personal responsibility, and few leftists either practice the concept... or even have knowledge of it.) they have no difficulty forcing medical personnel to engage in morally repugnant procedures and treatments that these protections essentially make optional.
Here in Washington State, the Governor threatened the Pharmacy Board when they provided these same protections when it came to the sale or prescription of the morning after pill.
After being threatened with firing, the board members reversed their positions. Some pharmacists and pharmacy owners sued, and so far, have been upheld at every level.
There is no merit of any kind to the positions of the miscreants who would eliminate these protections. There is no shortage of medical or pharmaceutical personnel available to prescribe these drugs or fill the prescriptions. Taking that right to choose away (which ism when you think about it, kind of ironic that these same people would demand "choice" for those seeking abortions... but not those who have to provide them.
For those who actually have a conscience or morals, this issue is a no-brainer. For those that lack that perspective or ability, there is no question that morals and conscience have no role in any professionals life.
So, Mr. President, perhaps this time, you can avoid screwing up a system that's been in place for the last 30 years... a system that doesn't keep anyone from anything while enabling those with a conscience to actually live by that qualifier.
Friday, February 27, 2009
By Pete Winn, Senior Writer/Editor
President Barack Obama speaks about his fiscal 2010 federal budget, Thursday, Feb, 26, 2009, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
(CNSNews.com) - The Obama administration announced Friday that it is “reviewing” the conscience clause that was implemented in the last months of the Bush administration – the first step toward rescinding the rule altogether.
The Health and Human Services regulation reinforces the right of health care workers to refuse to provide abortion and contraception if it violates their conscience or moral precepts.
The new administration’s move came at the request of several groups, including the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, which last fall called on Obama to rescind the regulation when he took office. The ACOG did not speak to CNSNews.com before press time.
But at the time the rule was announced, the organization said: “This HHS regulation places patients' rights directly behind the rights of ideologically driven physicians and anyone else directly or indirectly involved in their health care.”
The Health and Human Services regulation reinforces the right of health care workers to refuse to provide abortion and contraception if it violates their conscience or moral precepts.
The new administration’s move came at the request of several groups, including the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, which last fall called on Obama to rescind the regulation when he took office. The ACOG did not speak to CNSNews.com before press time.
But at the time the rule was announced, the organization said: “This HHS regulation places patients' rights directly behind the rights of ideologically driven physicians and anyone else directly or indirectly involved in their health care.”
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