Bush delivered a parting gift to the anti-choice fringe. His administration just issued a rule that allows individual health care providers, who receive federal funding, to redefine abortion to include the most common forms of birth control -- and then refuse to provide these basic services. What the hell does that mean? It breaks down like this:
Birth control can be called abortion
Doctors, nurses, and pharmacists can deny women birth control and sexual health information
A few examples:
ER staff can deny rape victims information about emergency contraception (EC) to prevent a pregnancy from the rapist
Birth control counseling can be refused at family planning clinics
STD (including HIV & AIDS) testing and treatment can be denied at health care facilities
This is a devastatingly low blow to every one of us that relies on health care professionals for honest information and basic services. This rule flies in the face of the American values of privacy and freedom.
If Bush can do this to women, what can the next guys do to you?
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George W Bush is a lame duck president; in fact, he has been acting like a former president for quite some time now. But the last two months after an election provide an outgoing president with a license to cause trouble.
...prohibit recipients of federal money from discriminating against doctors, nurses and other health care workers who refuse to perform or to assist in the performance of abortions or sterilization procedures because of their “religious beliefs or moral convictions.”
It would also prevent hospitals, clinics, doctors’ offices and drugstores from requiring employees with religious or moral objections to “assist in the performance of any part of a health service program or research activity” financed by the Department of Health and Human Services.
Baseball's back and that means so are the political issues that we at JSpot love to discuss in connection with our national pastime, like unions, racism, and religious freedom in the workplace. We can thank President Bush for succesfully opening the season with a resounding oomp. On sunday night he got the "raw emotion" of the fans (his words) at the Nats' home opener, who, DC insiders all, have a pretty resounding take on his performance as our fearless leader.
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