"This is the big one, Elizabeth! I'm comin' to join you, honey!"
Posted on 03/02/2009 5:14:22 PM PST by ChrisInAR
(CNSNews.com) – Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), who is also an OB/GYN, told CNSNews.com on Friday that many medical practitioners, including himself, will go to prison before agreeing to engage in medical practices they morally oppose, such as abortion.
Earlier that same day, the Obama administration had announced it was “reviewing” a Bush administration regulation known as the “conscience clause.” That Health and Human Services regulation protects health-care workers at federally funded institutions from having to engage in practices that violate their moral or religious beliefs. These practices include performing or referring abortions, performing sterilizations, or giving or receiving training in these practices.
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Earlier that same day, the Obama administration had announced it was “reviewing” a Bush administration regulation known as the “conscience clause.” That Health and Human Services regulation protects health-care workers at federally funded institutions from having to engage in practices that violate their moral or religious beliefs. These practices include performing or referring abortions, performing sterilizations, or giving or receiving training in these practices.
Federal funding is widespread in the health care sector owing to such programs as Medicare, Medicaid, the newly expanded SCHIP insurance program for children, and the many billions in federal funds spent each year on medical research.
The Obama administration’s “review” is considered the precursor to rescinding the regulation.
“I think a lot of us will go to jail,” Coburn told CNSNews.com when asked what would happen if the administration reverses the policy. “Let’s see them prosecute the first one of us for not doing that.”
By that comment, Coburn meant that doctors, himself included, are willing to defy the law before agreeing to perform medical procedures that violate their conscience, a Coburn spokesman clarified.
Coburn spoke to CNSNews.com after he delivered a speech at the annual Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) in Washington, D.C., on Friday.
God bless him!
God bless him indeed. Maybe some of us could help him make his statement.
You got hand it to him(obama) He’s doing what he said he’d do.
It will be his undoing though.
Somehow I think if a Muslim doctor didn’t want to treat a Jewish patient -
Obama would give him dispensation.
"This is the big one, Elizabeth! I'm comin' to join you, honey!"
I guess Rahm-bo will have to pass on the daily Rush-bashing tomorrow, so that he can attack Sen. Coburn instead.
Good man.
This is the kind of man that the Republicans need to nominate for President.
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We had our chance last year, but Rep. Paul wasn’t even given the time of day....& look who they nominated!
I seriously doubt it. Obama will be praised from every side as a "hero" for "women's rights." Meanwhile, thousands of babies will be killed with no "choice" whatsoever in the matter.
Sounds like a man with some honor and morale conscience. Oklahoma you should be PROUD!!!! to have a man like this representing you.
Don’t say that too loud, 500,000 of us trying to tie-strap themselves to the doors of the capital, would really clog things up in D.C. for days or weeks even.... {:-)
Unfortunately, I’m unable to vote for this patriot...I live only 1 mile away from the AR/OK state line.
Think there are any folks in the OK Chapter of ACORN that could help me out?
The general public is totally cluess that obama has the power to ruin this country.
Yeah! A senator with spine. There may be hope after all.
He won’t go to prison. He will just become ineligible for any federal funding. No Medicare or Medicaid reimbursement, nor federal grants to him or any institution which allows him to practice on their premises. Which means he loses all his hospital privileges.
Sen Colburn Thank-you. I wish you were my Senator.
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