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27. February 2009

Obama wants to fire doctors not willing to perform abortions

Filed under: abortion, opinion, liberals — Me @ 15:57

That’s right. Now the Obamassiah can have you fired if you aren’t willing to perform an abortion. Bush had put protections in place so that Doctors and Nurses cannot be fired if they choose not to perform abortions on moral grounds. Now Obama wants to reverse that policy which would require doctors and nurses to perform abortions, whether they want to or not. Refusal would mean being fired.

The government forcing you to do abortions? Darn right! This is the Obamassiah and the “change” he promised.

President Obama wants to rescind a Bush administration rule that strengthened job protections for doctors and nurses who refuse for moral reasons to perform abortions.

A Health and Human Services official said Friday the administration will publish notice of its intentions early next week, opening a 30-day comment period for advocates, medical groups and the public. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the notice has not been completed.

The Bush administration instituted the rule in its last days, and it was quickly challenged in federal court by several states and medical organizations. As a candidate, Obama criticized the regulation and campaign aides promised that if elected, he would review it.

The news that he was doing so drew praise from abortion-rights supporters and condemnation from groups opposed to abortion.

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