Bush Administration Pushes Through New HHS Rule
The Bush Admin has released what Planned Parenthood is calling a ‘anti-choice parting gift’.
A new Health and Human Services ‘conscience rule‘ allows federally funded health professionals to refuse to perform or even provide information on procedures they find objectionable.
It’s clearly a shot at abortion, except that laws protecting doctors from having to performing abortions have been on the books for 30 years.
Why the rule changes then?
Well, the wording is so ambiguous that it could be read to include objections to emergency contraception, birth control, IUDs and sterilizations.
The Obama team plans to overturn these and other anti-women/choice/take your pick rules, but these things take time to undo.
You know what the biggest dickhead move is about all this?
They’re releasing the rule tomorrow and it kicks in 30 days later - i.e., they go into effect the day before the inauguration.
PP has a petition to make sure the rule’s repeal doesn’t get lost in the onslaught of activities for the new president.
The Bush Administration never misses a chance to turn the screw. I hope they have some kind of cleansing ritual for the White House.
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December 19th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Ha, any possible scenerio that could cause the rule’s repeal to be neglected in the shuffle of transition isn’t going to end with rahm running around going we better get to work on “INTERNET PETITION!”