Obama Favors Strong 'Right to Refuse' Protections for Health-Care Workers

[bijou]

epperbear   (1000+ posts)             Thu Jul-02-09 06:37 PM
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Obama Favors Strong 'Right to Refuse' Protections for Health-Care Workers
   
Source: Washington Post

President Barack Obama said today that he still favors a "robust" federal policy protecting health-care workers who have moral objections to performing some procedures, even though he plans to roll back a Bush administration rule that expanded such protection.

Speaking to eight religion reporters at the White House before his first meeting with Pope Benedict XVI on July 10, Obama sought to reassure Catholic health-care workers that they would not be forced to perform abortions. Obama said he is a "believer in conscience clauses" and that a new policy would "certainly not be weaker" than what existed before Bush expanded it late in his administration.


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kestrel91316   (1000+ posts)             Thu Jul-02-09 06:38 PM
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1. I support the right of medical workers to refuse to provide care to christofascists.

pasto76 (246 posts)           Thu Jul-02-09 07:12 PM
Response to Reply #18
22. hmm how can I say this without incriminating myself
   
um, I have driven by motorists that clearly need assistance because of the stickers on their cars. Like a flat tire or something. Remember, Im not a liberal, Im an iraq veteran democrat


still sleep like a babe all night...

imdjh   (1000+ posts)           Thu Jul-02-09 07:26 PM
Response to Reply #22
33. I have a friend who checks bumper stickers before giving directions.

link

Liberals, they're all heart.

[thundley4]

imdjh   (1000+ posts)           Thu Jul-02-09 07:26 PM
Response to Reply #22
33. I have a friend who checks bumper stickers before giving directions.

Seriously, who'd want directions from a moonbat, anyway.  They have no clue where they came from, no clue where they , and no clue how to get anywhere.

[Karin]

There were more comments along those lines above; real sweethearts, not letting people merge and so forth.  Then, the anger turned toward Christians, of course, and then, the vitriol was aimed at Obama.  **** YOU is what they said.  "I disagree with this guy every time he opens his mouth."

[Lord Undies]

Where is this Land Of The Perpetual Bumperstickers?  I drove 250 miles today and I don't remember seeing even one.

[Tantal]

kestrel91316   (1000+ posts)             Thu Jul-02-09 06:38 PM
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1. I support the right of medical workers to refuse to provide care to christofascists.

It works like this, jizzbucket. Mrs. Tantal is a Registered Nurse specializing in high-risk obstetrics. She has saved the lives of numerous women and has literally brought newborn babies back from the dead. She also refuses to participate in an elective abortion. If FORCED to participate, she will simply find work elsewhere, thus depriving the medical community of a very highly-skilled professional. But you sick bastards would never let that slow you down in making a political point.

Further, while you cheer the two assclowns that fled to Canada to avoid Iraq, how about the remainder of the troops only protect those of us who give a shit about this country. You ingrateful sunzabitches can get deported to Afghanistan and Venezuela to be Bin Laden's personal knob-polishers and Chavez's official ass-wipers.

[AllosaursRus]

You ingrateful sunzabitches can get deported to Afghanistan and Venezuela to be Bin Laden's personal knob-polishers and Chavez's official ass-wipers.

Damn, that's a helluva good idea! Think we can get it into the House of Reps and the Senate?

I know, I'm dreamin'!

[Zathras]

Where is this Land Of The Perpetual Bumperstickers?  I drove 250 miles today and I don't remember seeing even one.

Marin County in California....but those are the ones the DUmmys would approve of.

[USA4ME]

Seriously, who'd want directions from a moonbat, anyway.  They have no clue where they came from, no clue where they , and no clue how to get anywhere.

They might be able to tell you which bus to take, but even that would be iffy.

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