According to yesterday's American Thinker, the period of public comment on conscience protection for health care providers will end on April 9. According to the article:
"In December 2008 the Department of Health and Human Services issued a regulation clarifying the protections offered by three civil rights laws for health care providers passed by Congress with bipartisan support. However, the Obama administration has stated its intention of overturning the conscience regulation and not enforcing the existing laws."
The website which explains how to make your opinion known is Freedom2Care. The website explains exactly what the rules have been and how they are changing and how to voice your opinion to your representatives.
Generally speaking, the law has been that any physician could refuse to perform any procedure that violated his conscience. Evidently, there are modifications in process that will change this and force physicians to do procedures they do not believe are moral and ethical. This becomes an issue if nationalized health care is passed--there have been a number of cases in the northwestern states of this country where a cancer patient was told that his cancer drugs were too expensive and doctor assisted suicide was recommended--doctors who believe that procedure is against the Hippocratic oath would be forced to assist in a patient's suicide. National health care is rationed health care, and a physician's conscience is a necessary tool in providing medical care for the elderly and people who 'the system' decides do not have the appropriate 'quality of life'. Please visit Freedom2care and voice your opinion.
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