文档介绍：February 18, 2011
HYPOCRITE IN CHIEF
Obama New Regulation Removes “Conscience”
Protections For Pro-Life Health Workers
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OBAMA RESCINDS “CONSCIENCE” REGULATION,
LEAVING PRO-LIFE HEALTH WORKERS VULNERABLE TO DISCRIMINATION
“The Obama Administration Rescinded Most Of A Federal Regulation Friday Designed To Protect
Health Workers Who Refuse To Provide Care They Find Objectionable On Personal Or Religious
Grounds .”(Rob Stein, “Obama Administration Replaces Controversial ‘Conscience’ Regulation For Health-Care Workers,” The Washington Post , 2/18/11)
Obama’s New Regulation Eliminates Rule To Cut Off Federal Funding To Entities That Discriminated
Against Individuals Who Refuse To Participate In Certain Practices Because Of Personal, Moral Or
Religious Beliefs. “Calling the Bush-era rule ‘unclear and potentially overbroad in scope,’ the new, much
narrower version essentially leaves in place only long-standing federal protections for workers who object
to performing abortions or sterilizations. It also retains the Bush rule's formal process for workers to file
complaints. … The Bush regulation, if enforced, would have cut off federal funding for thousands of entities,
including state and local governments, hospitals, health plans and clinics, if they did not modate
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