holy frickin' crap on a stick
http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/index.html?blog=/mwt/broadsheet/2006/01/31/conscience_clause/index.html
(to read the article, click the link and watch the little commercial so it lets you into salon.com free. then either scroll down to the article titled "Target still off -- and E.C. is just the tip of the "conscience" iceberg" or come back here and click the link again.)
"And, from the Slippery Slope files, the Washington Post reports that 18 states are considering a total of 36 laws "to protect health workers who do not want to provide care that conflicts with their personal beliefs." Half of these proposals focus on emergency contraception, which is bad enough. And the other half? "Many are far broader measures that would shelter a doctor, nurse, aide, technician or other employee who objects to any therapy," says the Post. "That might include in-vitro fertilization, physician-assisted suicide, embryonic stem cell research and perhaps even providing treatment to gays and lesbians." Several bills would allow insurance companies to opt out of covering procedures they object to "for religious reasons.""
(to read the article, click the link and watch the little commercial so it lets you into salon.com free. then either scroll down to the article titled "Target still off -- and E.C. is just the tip of the "conscience" iceberg" or come back here and click the link again.)
"And, from the Slippery Slope files, the Washington Post reports that 18 states are considering a total of 36 laws "to protect health workers who do not want to provide care that conflicts with their personal beliefs." Half of these proposals focus on emergency contraception, which is bad enough. And the other half? "Many are far broader measures that would shelter a doctor, nurse, aide, technician or other employee who objects to any therapy," says the Post. "That might include in-vitro fertilization, physician-assisted suicide, embryonic stem cell research and perhaps even providing treatment to gays and lesbians." Several bills would allow insurance companies to opt out of covering procedures they object to "for religious reasons.""
posted by g at 8:43 AM
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I wonder if that includes things like prescribing antibiotics for viral infections. Most Doctors know it's useless but do it because patients want it.
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