DTB shakes head as reads…
I checked my calendar and is says it is 2008, I rubbed my eyes and looked again and it still says 2008.
A Bush administration proposal aimed at protecting health-care workers who object to abortion, and to birth-control methods they consider tantamount to abortion, has escalated a bitter debate over the balance between religious freedom and patients’ rights.
a draft regulation that would deny federal funding to any hospital, clinic, health plan or other entity that does not accommodate employees who want to opt out of participating in care that runs counter to their personal convictions, including providing birth-control pills, IUDs and the Plan B emergency contraceptive.
Tell me how the Taliban is any different please..
Would that then open the door for our military to do the same?
I’m with you on this one. I sure as hell dont’ want doctors refusing to treat patients because of their own moral convictions.
How can a regulation prevent Congress from funding whatever the hell it wants to?
This smells like a wedge issue intended to stir the pot for endangered GOP Congressional campaigns in red states.
At least it can be overturned with the stroke of a pen in January.
Can I be protected on my (non-medical) job if I refuse to engage in business practices that I object to?
Indeed — I wonder if folks would be as interested in letting a Muslim or Jewish grocery store clerk to object to checking out customers who have pork products in their carts.
You know who will kill this? the hospitals and doctors.
If your office nurse suddenly converts to a religion that doesn’t believe in, say, vaccinations, or transfusions, or pre-natal genetic counseling – you have to keep that nurse and hire another nurse who can do the whole job.
The industry won’t go for that.
I say they are just floating it as a wedge issue. If they had control of Congress they’d introduce it as an amendment just to get a roll call.
Great examples!
Agreed! I love Cassandra’s example.
To be fair DTB the Taliban is FAR more extreme than this.
mike,
slippery slope my friend….and are they really?
A agree with everything said except the comparison to the Taliban. Using them as an example here is extreme, given what we’re talking about.
They have an entirely different culture, one where women have NO rights. One where women are subjugated, objectified, and treated worse than dogs.
Are there Christian Scientist nurses and doctors? If so, why?
what happened to the code of ethics they are mandated by law to follow in order to be a nurse or practicing physician. WOW! unreal
Yes, there are Christian Scientist Nurses, but not doctors. The nurses are there to aid with bandaging, and assisting in other such nursing tasks as the patient receives Christian Science treatment. They are fully trained in this aspect of nursing, but do not interfere with the treatment which is handled by a Christian Science practitioner.